dendritic

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In two-week-old mice, before weaning, dendritic spines were spread relatively evenly across the neuron.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

This tolerance significantly reduces the effectiveness of dendritic cell vaccines, a type of immunotherapy designed to train the immune system to recognize and attack cancer.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

Until now, however, scientists did not understand how retinoic acid affects dendritic cells themselves.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

"The long and thin column-like structures of these dendritic nanotubes help transfer information quickly from neuron to neuron," says Kwon.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2025

Those twisted dendritic legs get stuck in the pitch, and the stuff begins to pull me down like I’m a dinosaur in tar.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman