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Dendritic Spines

"Dendritic Spines" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Spiny processes on DENDRITES, each of which receives excitatory input from one nerve ending (NERVE ENDINGS). They are commonly found on PURKINJE CELLS and PYRAMIDAL CELLS.


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Bar chart showing 28 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2006 and 2011 and 2012 and 2015 and 2016
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