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hippocampal mossy fiber to CA3 synapse  
One of the giant synapses that form between the mossy fiber axons of dentate gyrus granule cells and the large complex spines of CA3 pyramidal cells. It consists of a giant bouton known as the mossy fiber expansion, synapsed to the complex, multiheaded spine (thorny excresence) of a CA3 pyramidal cell.
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Definition Sources: DOI:10.1002/1096-9861, PMID:13869693, PMID:23264762

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