7.342 | Fall 2022 | Undergraduate

Synapse Remodeling in Health and Disease

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A neuron, shown in bright green against a red background.

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Bright green branches at the end of a nerve cell, against a red background.
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Dendrites, the branched end of a neuron, form connections called synapses with other neurons. Synaptic connections enable communication between neurons, and are formed and pruned throughout the lifespan. (Image by Lee W-CA, Huang H, Feng G, Sanes JR, Brown EN, So PT, et al. (2006) Dynamic Remodeling of Dendritic Arbors in GABAergic Interneurons of Adult Visual Cortex. PLoS Biol 4(2): e29. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040029. From Nrets on Wikipedia, License: CC-BY.)
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Image by Lee W-CA, Huang H, Feng G, Sanes JR, Brown EN, So PT, et al. (2006) Dynamic Remodeling of Dendritic Arbors in GABAergic Interneurons of Adult Visual Cortex. PLoS Biol 4(2): e29. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040029. From Nrets on Wikipedia.
Bright green branches at the end of a nerve cell, against a red background.

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