title: Pyramidal cells with different densities of dendritic spines in the cortex of the mouse.
abstract: Neighbouring pyramidal cells in the mouse cortex sometimes have different densities of dentritic spines. This was shown by a quantitative analysis of 10 neurons. For this, a method was worked out which corrects for the spines hidden behind (and in front of) the dendrite. The main result is that there is a positive correlation between the spine densities on different parts of the dendritic tree of one neuron. The possible functional meaning of these findings is briefly discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology*; D003712:Dendrites; D051379:Mice; D009474:Neurons