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ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·February 5, 2016·4 min readA Day in the Life of a SynapseAccording to a new study, researchers have developed a new technique that has allowed them to track the daily dynamics of all the dendritic spines on a single neuron in the brain of a living mouse.Read More
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