Medical Definition of Dendritic spine

1. Wine glass or mushroom shaped protrusions from dendrites that represent the principal site of termination of excitatory afferent neurons on interneurons, especially in the cortical regions. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dendritic Spine

dendrimer
dendrimeric
dendrimers
dendrimersome
dendrite
dendrites
dendritic
dendritic calculus
dendritic cell
dendritic cells
dendritic corneal ulcer
dendritic depolarisation
dendritic keratitis
dendritic process
dendritic spine (current term)
dendritic spines
dendritic thorns
dendritic tree
dendritical
dendritogenesis
dendro-
dendroarchaeology
dendroarcheology
dendrobatid
dendrobatids
dendrobium
dendrobiums
dendroceratid
dendroceratids

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