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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
synapse that connects anaxon (of one nerve cell) and adendrite (of another)
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Examples
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Frankfurt, M, et al. Estrogen increases axodendritic synapses in the VMN of rats after ovarietectomy.
T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010
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DNcdk5-expressing granule cells form synapses suggests that dendritic filopodia / spines might be sufficient to induce axodendritic synapse formation within the adult brain.
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Furthermore, axodendritic synapses of newborn granule cells seem to synapse preferentially onto preexisting boutons, suggesting a competitive mechanism of synapse formation and integration within the ML [
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