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Comparison between the dimensions of dendritic spines in the cerebral cortex of newborn and adult guinea pigs
Author(s) -
Schüz Almut
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of comparative neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1096-9861
pISSN - 0021-9967
DOI - 10.1002/cne.902440302
Subject(s) - dendritic spine , biology , anatomy , spine (molecular biology) , cortex (anatomy) , cerebral cortex , guinea pig , stalk , significant difference , neuroscience , medicine , endocrinology , hippocampal formation , microbiology and biotechnology , horticulture
Dendritic spines in the cerebral cortex of newborn and adult guinea pigs were compared quantitatively. An increase in the average diameter of the head by 21% and in the diameter of the stalk by 29% was found. No difference could be measured in the average length of the spines of both age groups. When plotting the individual measurements against each other, a slight correlation could be found only between the size of the spine head and the thickness of the stalk.