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Atlas of Ultrastructural Neurocytology
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1.4.1. Dendritic Spines

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Fig. 1.4.1.18. Spine apparatus (SA) is a derivate of smooth endoplasmic reticulum of dendritic stem. A close association between channels of endoplasmic reticulum (yellow) and mitochondrion (green) is apparent in this three-dimensional reconstruction. (Rat, hippocampus.)

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