Have you ever wondered why we are Spines?

Author
Pablo Jimeno
Published on
August 28, 2014
Category
articles

When I talk to people about our company, they always ask me “why did we choose this name?”. Well, there is this neuronal regions called dendritic spines.

Dendritic spines are microscopic, highly specialised regions of the neuronal membrane at sites of synaptic contact. These tiny structures are the postsynaptic elements of synapses and are critically involved in memory and cognition in the brain.

The red stuff. Aren’t they beautiful?

dendritic spines

Source: UC San Diego News Center

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