Caption (Top) Images of dendritic segments before and after glutamate uncaging. (Bottom) Graphical representation of the averaged volume change of the stimulated dendritic spine (purple), adjacent ...

Scheme of how early-life inflammation promotes depressive symptoms in adolescent mice. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert ...

Excitatory synapses are located in confined chemical spaces called the dendritic spines. These are atypical femtoliter-order microdomains where the behavior of even single molecules may have ...

Dynamic changes in the structural characteristics of the postsynaptic membrane and, in particular, of dendritic spines have been a topic of great interest over the last decade (reviewed in refs.