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Editorial: Dendritic spines: from shape to function

FRONTIERS IN NEUROANATOMY (2015)

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FRONTIERS IN NEUROANATOMY

Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA

DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2015.00101

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dendrites; pyramidal cell; cerebral cortex; synapses; synaptic integration

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