title: Active dendrites under parental supervision.
abstract: Pyramidal cell dendrites are able to produce a variety of active calcium signals in brain slices. In this issue of Neuron, Grienberger et al. (2014) investigate dendritic function in the hippocampus of live mice.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Synaptic Physiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, Falkenried 94, 20251 Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: thomas.oertner@zmnh.uni-hamburg.de.
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Oertner
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003712:Dendrites / Q000378:metabolism*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism*; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D002118:Calcium