A thorny question: how does activity maintain dendritic spines?
Per Andersen
& Anne Figenschou Soleng
Per Andersen and Anne Figenschou Soleng are in the Department of Neurophysiology, Institute for Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Pb 1103 Blindem, 0317 Oslo, Norway. andersen@basalmed.uio.no
Most central excitatory synapses occur on dendritic spines. A new
study shows that spine stability depends on spontaneous glutamate release
and AMPA receptors.
