Dendritic Spines and Development: Towards a Unifying Model of Spinogenesis—A Present Day Review of Cajal's Histological Slides and Drawings
Figure 2
(a) 3D-model showing the physiological interpretation of the dendritic spines by Cajal that evolved from a role in canalizing the nervous fibers for contacting the dendrite (see [3], in green) to a connective function (see [4–7]; in blue). (b) Dendritic spines of an apical pyramidal trunk supposedly contacting an axon, Cajal histological preparation, Golgi impregnation. (c) Electron microscopy and scheme of dendritic spines as postsynaptic elements, gray [8].
