Synapses on demand require dendrites at the ready: how defining stages of dendritic development in vitro could inform studies of behaviorally driven information storage in the brain.

Bill Greenough's work provides a framework for thinking about synaptogenesis not only as a key step in the initial wiring of neural systems according to a species typical plan (i.e., experience-expectant development), but also as a mechanism for storing information based an individual's unique experience over its lifetime (i.