Planteome: Term Details for "dendritic spine" (GO:0043197)

Accession: GO:0043197
Name: dendritic spine
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: dendrite spine, branched dendritic spine, mushroom dendritic spine, sessile dendritic spine, stubby dendritic spine, thin dendritic spine
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A small, membranous protrusion from a dendrite that forms a postsynaptic compartment, typically receiving input from a single presynapse. They function as partially isolated biochemical and an electrical compartments. Spine morphology is variable:they can be thin, stubby, mushroom, or branched, with a continuum of intermediate morphologies. They typically terminate in a bulb shape, linked to the dendritic shaft by a restriction. Spine remodeling is though to be involved in synaptic plasticity. Source: GOC:nln
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0043197 at QuickGO
Subset: goslim_synapse
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to dendritic spine.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to dendritic spine.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for dendritic spine.
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subject	relation	object
cytoskeleton of dendritic spine (GO:0098836)	BFO:0000050	dendritic spine
thorny excrescence (GO:0097464)	is_a	dendritic spine
spine apparatus (GO:0097444)	BFO:0000050	dendritic spine
dendritic spine neck (GO:0044326)	BFO:0000050	dendritic spine
dendritic spine membrane (GO:0032591)	BFO:0000050	dendritic spine
dendritic spine cytoplasm (GO:0061846)	BFO:0000050	dendritic spine
dendritic spine head (GO:0044327)	BFO:0000050	dendritic spine