Social network of synapses controls their actions (IMAGE)

Universitatsklinikum Bonn

Social network of synapses controls their actions

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Spine plasticity is dependent on how many neighboring spines potentiate, the size and the spatial distribution of that “social network” determines the amount of plasticity each spine can have.

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Thomas Chater

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