# Dendritic RNA **Domain:** Molecular Neuroscience / Local Translation **Doc Type:** Scientific Concept Node **Maturity:** Established Research Domain **Related:** [[U3 Molecular Data Classes]], [[Proteostasis]], [[Neural Plasticity]] --- ## Definition **Dendritic RNA** refers to RNA molecules localized within dendrites, where local translation and regulation can support synapse-specific plasticity and maintenance without waiting for all proteins to arrive from the cell body. ## Continuity relevance Subcellular localization is part of neural state. Two neurons with similar genomes and gross shapes may differ functionally because transcripts, proteins, and signaling machinery are distributed differently across their processes.