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  • adjective Of or pertaining to the synapse that connects an axon (of one nerve cell) and a dendrite (of another)

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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

  • DNcdk5-expressing granule cells form synapses suggests that dendritic filopodia / spines might be sufficient to induce axodendritic synapse formation within the adult brain.

    PLoS Biology: New Articles 2008

  • 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 [

    PLoS Biology: New Articles 2008

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