Synaptic plasticity: step-wise strengthening

Curr Biol. 1998 Sep 10;8(18):R650-3. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00414-9.

Abstract

Recent studies suggest that the strength of synapses in the brain may change in a step-wise manner, rather than continuously.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Hippocampus / physiology
  • Models, Neurological
  • Neuronal Plasticity / physiology*
  • Receptors, AMPA / physiology
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / physiology
  • Synapses / physiology*

Substances

  • Receptors, AMPA
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate