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Activity-dependent maintenance and growth of dendrites in adult cortex

Date

Authors

Tailby, Chris

Wright, Layne

Metha, Andrew B

Calford, Mike B

Publisher

National Academy of Sciences (USA)

Abstract

Whereas it is widely accepted that the adult cortex is capable of a remarkable degree of functional plasticity, demonstrations of accompanying structural changes have been limited. We examined the basal dendritic field morphology of dye-filled neurons in

Keywords

Keywords: adolescent; animal tissue; article; brain cortex; brain maturation; cell structure; controlled study; dendrite; dendritic spine; female; nerve cell plasticity; nerve fiber growth; nonhuman; priority journal; pyramidal nerve cell; rat; sensory system; soma Barrel field; Plasticity; Pyramidal cell; Spines; Vibrissae

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/84407

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1073/pnas.0402747102

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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