Blind Axonal Endings and Plasticity in the Mammalian CNS
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Physiology
- Vol. 5 (5) , 215-219
- https://doi.org/10.1152/physiologyonline.1990.5.5.215
Abstract
Elucidation of axonal branches that lack synaptic boutons suggests need for revision of our basic concept of neuron morphology. In spinal cord, synapse-free axonal endings develop synapses if effective inputs are removed. These endings constitute a substrate that endows mammalian CNS with the potential for spatially limited alterations in connectivity.Keywords
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