...R.A. McKinney The vast majority of excitatory connections in the hippocampus are made on dendritic spines. Both dendritic spines and molecules within the membrane are able to move, but the physiological role of these movements is unclear. In the developing brain, spines show highly dynamic...

..., respectively, can induce the formation of a whole functional glutamate ‘receptosome’ and the structure to which it is associated, the dendritic spine. 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed (email joel.bockaert@ccipe.cnrs.fr ). 14 6 2004 © 2004 The Biochemical Society 2004...