Synaptic Plasticity: A molecular mechanism for metaplasticity
Current BiologyPublished 1 December 1995Open access
Karl Deisseroth, Haruhiko Bito, Howard Schulman, Richard W. Tsien
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The results of expressing a constitutive form of a prominent synaptic kinase in transgenic mice suggest how there can be a sliding threshold for synapse modification, an important element in some learning theories.
Abstract
The results of expressing a constitutive form of a prominent synaptic kinase in transgenic mice suggest how there can be a sliding threshold for synapse modification, an important element in some learning theories.
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