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Ontology Browser

Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
dendrite +     
neuron spine +     
postsynapse +     
apical dendrite +   
axonal spine  
basal dendrite +   
CA3 pyramidal cell dendrite  
dendrite cytoplasm +   
dendrite membrane +   
dendrite terminus +   
dendritic branch  
dendritic filopodium  
dendritic lamellar body 
dendritic microtubule  
dendritic shaft  
dendritic spine +   
A small, membranous protrusion from a dendrite that forms a postsynaptic compartment, typically receiving input from a single presynapse. They function as partially isolated biochemical and an electrical compartments. Spine morphology is variable:they can be thin, stubby, mushroom, or branched, with a continuum of intermediate morphologies. They typically terminate in a bulb shape, linked to the dendritic shaft by a restriction. Spine remodeling is though to be involved in synaptic plasticity.
distal dendrite +   
postsynapse of neuromuscular junction +  
postsynaptic cytoskeleton +   
postsynaptic cytosol  
postsynaptic endocytic zone +   
postsynaptic endosome +   
postsynaptic Golgi apparatus  
postsynaptic membrane +   
postsynaptic specialization +   
primary dendrite  
proximal dendrite +   
sensory dendrite 
somatic spine 
synaptic vesicle, recycling pool 

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: dendrite spine
Narrow Synonyms: branched dendritic spine ;   mushroom dendritic spine ;   sessile dendritic spine ;   stubby dendritic spine ;   thin dendritic spine
Xrefs: NIF_Subcellular:sao1799103720 ;   Wikipedia:Dendritic_spine
Definition Sources: GOC:nln

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