Developmental regulation of spine motility in the mammalian central nervous system
Developmental regulation of spine motility in the mammalian central nervous system
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.96.23.13438
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发表时间:
1999-11-09
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Yuste, R
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作者:
Dunaevsky, A;Tashiro, A;Yuste, R
The function of dendritic spines, postsynaptic sites of excitatory input in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS), is still not well understood. Although changes in spine morphology may mediate synaptic plasticity, the extent of basal spine motility and its regulation and function remains controversial. We investigated spine motility in three principal neurons of the mouse CNS: cerebellar Purkinje cells, and cortical and hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Motility was assayed with time-lapse imaging by using two-photon microscopy of green fluorescent protein-labeled neurons in acute and cultured slices. In all three cell types, dendritic protrusions (filopodia and spines) were highly dynamic, exhibiting a diversity of morphological rearrangements over short (