Experience-dependent and cell-type-specific spine growth in the neocortex

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Dendritic spineNeocortexDendritic filopodiaNeuroscienceBarrel cortexSynapseSPINE (molecular biology)BiologyExcitatory postsynaptic potentialApical dendriteSensory systemCerebral cortexInhibitory postsynaptic potentialCell biologyHippocampal formation

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Year: 2006
Type: article
Volume: 441
Issue: 7096
Pages: 979-983
Citations: 622
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                                    Anthony Holtmaat, 
                                
                                    Linda Wilbrecht, 
                                
                                    Graham Knott
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2006). 
                            Experience-dependent and cell-type-specific spine growth in the neocortex. 
                            Nature
                            , 441
                            (7096)
                            , 979-983.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04783
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nature04783