Formation, Maintenance, and Plasticity of Chemical Synapses
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Levitan I, Kaczmarek L. Learning and Memory. 2015, 489-528. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199773893.003.0019.ChaptersSimple nervous systemLong-term depressionLong-term potentiationMolecular mechanismsEnormous diversityNormal developmentCellular mechanismsNervous systemPresynaptic terminalsMost nervous systemsCyclic AMPSynaptic scalingPathwayMemory formationPlasticityPostsynaptic receptorsSynaptic taggingSynaptic connectionsLong-term phaseReduced preparationsDiversitySpike-timing dependent plasticityMechanismSynapseReceptors