Does anyone know about a review on dendritic spine development in mice?

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Refik Kanjhan

Hi Michael,

I have done some work on the dendritic spine development field. Please have a look at the following review article that should give you a starting point with some key and classic references in it. This review compares developmental changes in dendritic spines between the motoneurons and Purkinje/pyramidal neurons.

regards,

Refik

Article Emerging Roles of Filopodia and Dendritic Spines in Motoneur...

Mario M Dorostkar

Have a look at the Review by Bonhoeffer and Yuste, 2014, Nat. Neurosci.: Article Yuste, R. & Bonhoeffer, T. Genesis of dendritic spines: insi...