dendritic fiber.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Grutzendler J, Kasthuri N, Gan WB (2002) Long-term dendritic spine stability in the adult cortex.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference

Supporting this possibility, we found that long-term (overnight) exposure of neurons to FM1-43, so as to specifically label dendritic Golgi vesicles.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The increase in dendritic outgrowths is rapid - within 24 -48 hours of giving estrogen, there is a measurably dramatic change in the number of connections between brain cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Estrogen and Memory] Reference

Zuo's team observed the formation of structures called dendritic spines.    From Wordnik.com.  [India eNews] Reference

These viruses specifically seek out so-called dendritic cells under the skin.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The structure that enables one neuron to contact another is called a dendritic spine.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Excitatory synapses are located in confined chemical spaces called the dendritic spines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Cells with this same phenotype are also found in the thymus but are described as dendritic cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

They release cytokines, powerful attractants of immune-system messengers called dendritic cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The immune cells, called dendritic cells, then displayed the bits of tumor protein on their own surfaces.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews] Reference

The shape of dendrites changes in response to signaling activity - the phenomenon known as dendritic plasticity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

In the central nervous system, excitatory contacts between neurons occur mainly on postsynaptic protrusions called dendritic spines.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference

Researchers believe the foreskin has many immune cells called dendritic cells, which may provide a route into the body for the virus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reuters: Top News] Reference

Provenge utilizes the patient's own immune cells, called dendritic cells, plus an antigen that is present on most types of prostate cancer.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

A fluorescence, or florescence, something dendritic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gary Barwin, a few words and a poem] Reference

Light sheened off smooth alloy, dendritic arms, watchful pseudoeyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starfarers]

The dendritic pattern of dirt roads dissolved into incomprehensibility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Imperial Grunts] Reference

The structure of living species, then, is not so much dendritic as reticulate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference

Golgi-impregnated Purkinje cell with the full extent of its dendritic arborizations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black Reaction - La reazione nera] Reference

The letter A marks the Purkinje cells with their characteristic dendritic ramifications.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and Discoveries of Santiago Ramón y Cajal] Reference

Pittsburgh recently began a trial with a similar dendritic-cell vaccine against melanoma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vaccinating Against Cancer] Reference

He found that in the gut of susceptible mice, dendritic cells have stopped producing IL-12.    From Wordnik.com.  [Potential Allergy Reaction Molecule Discovered] Reference

The "conscious pilot" - dendritic synchrony moves through the brain to mediate consciousness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deepak Chopra: End-of-Life Brain Activity - A Sign of the Soul?] Reference

Then I pull out CD14 positive cells using magnetic beads and culture them into dendritic cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Supplies in] Reference

Moreover, the lithium deposits not just in dendritic form, but also in a type of mossy deposit.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Brief History of Batteries- Part 2] Reference

This is not within one of the dendritic pattern subdivisions but on a main artery – No 4 Road.    From Wordnik.com.  [October « 2009 « Stephen Rees's blog] Reference

CD4 Binding affinity determines HIV-1 induced plasmacytoid dendritic cell interferon alpha production.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recent Neonatal Research Publications] Reference

Chronic fluoxetine administration to juvenile rats prevents age-associated dendritic proliferation in hippocampus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Peter Breggin: Pregnant Mothers Should Not Take SSRI Antidepressants] Reference

The wave of depolarization/action potential is propogated from one end (dendritic end) to the terminal end of the axon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neurotoxicity] Reference

A fractally dendritic manipulator glided past, three meters tall; its finest extremities quivered and shimmered in the gusts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Stars Are Also Fire]

Similar dendritic formations also occur, not unfrequently, on laminated rocks, and are usually found in minute fissures and cracks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essays] Reference

These putative dendritic action potentials, which we called fast prepotentials, appeared to trigger the firing at the axon hillock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric R. Kandel - Autobiography] Reference

I should mention that the study also found almost no difference in the dendritic arbors of middle-class chimps and upper-class ones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Community Development Studies in Njombe] Reference

I have recently discovered that the main reason my stuff hasn't been working for quite a while is that I need fresh dendritic cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

In batteries that use zinc or lithium metal, the separator may help prevent dendritic shorts by retarding the growth of the dendrite.    From Wordnik.com.  [A shout-out to the separator] Reference

Estrogen is the "glue" between neurons that fosters synaptic plasticity (flexibility) and dendritic growth (branching out of neurons).    From Wordnik.com.  [T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details] Reference

FXS patients have higher numbers of dendritic spines in their brains, but each spine is longer and thinner than in normal individuals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drug Therapy For Autism | Impact Lab] Reference