A model of activity-dependent changes in dendritic spine density and spine structure by S. M. Crook, M. Dur-e-Ahmad, S. M. Baer

“…Recent evidence indicates that the morphology and density of dendritic spines are regulated during synaptic plasticity. See, for instance, a review by Hayashi and Majewska [9]. …”
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All‐Inorganic Perovskite Quantum‐Dot Optical Neuromorphic Synapses for Near‐Sensor Colored Image Recognition by Yung‐Chi Yao, Chia‐Jung Lee, Yong‐Jun Chen, Jun‐Zhi Feng, Hongseok Oh, Chin‐Shan Lue, Jinn‐Kong Sheu, Ya‐Ju Lee

“…Here, an optical neuromorphic synaptic (ONS) device is demonstrated by homogeneously integrating optical‐sensing and synaptic functionalities into a unified material platform, constructed exclusively by all‐inorganic perovskite CsPbBr3 quantum dots (QDs). …”
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Age-Related Decrease in the Schaffer Collateral-Evoked EPSP in Awake, Freely, Behaving Rats by C. A. Barnes, G. Rao, G. Orr

“…Synaptic response size in the CA1 region of the hippocampus in aged rats is reduced for a given stimulus intensity, compared with that elicited in young rats. …”
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Hippocampal Regulation of Postsynaptic Density Homer1 by Associative Learning by Nicholas E. Clifton, Darren Cameron, Simon Trent, Lucy H. Sykes, Kerrie L. Thomas, Jeremy Hall

“…Genes involved in synaptic plasticity, particularly genes encoding postsynaptic density proteins, have been recurrently linked to psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia and autism. …”
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Supralinear dendritic integration in murine dendrite-targeting interneurons by Simonas Griesius, Amy Richardson, Dimitri Michael Kullmann

“…Non-linear summation of synaptic inputs to the dendrites of pyramidal neurons has been proposed to increase the computation capacity of neurons through coincidence detection, signal amplification, and additional logic operations such as XOR. …”
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UNC-10/SYD-2 links kinesin-3 to RAB-3-containing vesicles in the absence of the motor's PH domain by Odvogmed Bayansan, Prerana Bhan, Chien-Yu Chang, Syed Nooruzuha Barmaver, Che-Piao Shen, Oliver Ingvar Wagner

“…UNC-104 binds to lipid bilayers of synaptic vesicles via its C-terminal PH (pleckstrin homology) domain. …”
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The Many Forms and Functions of Long Term Plasticity at GABAergic Synapses by Arianna Maffei

“…Thus, the understanding of inhibitory synaptic plasticity is crucial to fully comprehend the physiology of brain circuits. …”
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MicroRNAs in Vertebrate Synapse Development by Roberto Fiore, Gerhard Schratt

“…Furthermore, first examples are emerging that microRNAs might contribute to the etiology of neuronal diseases characterized by synaptic dysfunction. This review will summarize the recent examples that describe a function of microRNAs in synapse formation, plasticity, and disease, and discuss future directions that promise to shed light on microRNA regulation by synaptic activity and microRNA function in higher cognitive functions, such as learning and memory.…”
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Functional Metaplasticity of Hippocampal Schaffer Collateral-CA1 Synapses Is Reversed in Chronically Epileptic Rats by Mirko Rehberg, Timo Kirschstein, Xiati Guli, Steffen Müller, Marco Rohde, Denise Franz, Tursonjan Tokay, Rüdiger Köhling

“…A major open question applies to the interdependence between synaptic plasticity and its behavioral correlates. …”
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The bile acid chenodeoxycholic acid associates with reduced stroke in humans and mice by Vera F. Monteiro-Cardoso, Xin Yi Yeo, Han-Gyu Bae, David Castano Mayan, Mariam Wehbe, Sejin Lee, Kumar Krishna-K, Seung Hyun Baek, Leon F. Palomera, Lik Hang Wu, Leroy S. Pakkiri, Sangeetha Shanmugam, Kai Ping Sem, Mun Geok Yew, Matthew P. Parsons, Michael R. Hayden, Leonard L.L. Yeo, Vijay K. Sharma, Chester Drum, Elisa A. Liehn, Sreedharan Sajikumar, Svend Davanger, Dong-Gyu Jo, Mark Y.Y. Chan, Benjamin Y.Q. Tan, Sangyong Jung, Roshni R. Singaraja

“…Synaptic NMDAR activity was also decreased in Cyp8b1−/− brains. …”
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Wheel-Running Modestly Promotes Functional Recovery after a Unilateral Cortical Lesion in Rats by Xiurong Zhao, Jaroslaw Aronowski, Shi-Jie Liu, Timothy Schallert, Jie Zhang, Roger Strong, Zhi-Shuo Ou, Theresa Nguyen, James C. Grotta

“…Background: We aimed to determine whether early or delayed wheel-running (W) after a cortical lesion in rats influences functional recovery and protein expression involving synaptic plasticity.…”
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Role of Trapping in Non‐Volatility of Electrochemical Neuromorphic Organic Devices by Henrique Frulani de Paula Barbosa, Andreas Schander, Andika Asyuda, Luka Bislich, Sarah Bornemann, Björn Lüssem

“…The model relies on the assumption of trapping sites for cations, which are increasingly filled or emptied during subsequent pre‐synaptic pulses. The model is verified by experiments on devices with varying post‐synaptic dimensions. …”
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The Emerging Perspective of Morphine Tolerance: MicroRNAs by Teng J. Zhang, Yong Qiu, Zhen Hua

“…Morphine tolerance is an adaptive process induced by chronic morphine that has been shown to result from complex alterations at the molecular level with μ opioid receptors (MORs), as well as at the synaptic, cellular, and circuit levels. MicroRNAs are noncoding RNAs that have been proposed to regulate gene expression and degradation at the posttranscriptional level, including the MOR, as well as synaptic plasticity and neuroplasticity, in both the peripheral and central nervous systems. …”
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Inhibition of hippocampal interleukin-6 receptor-evoked signalling normalises long-term potentiation in dystrophin-deficient mdx mice by Kimberley A. Stephenson, Aaron Barron, Mark G. Rae, Dervla O'Malley

“…In non-contracting cells, such as neurons, dystrophin is likely to have a functional role in synaptic plasticity, anchoring post-synaptic receptors. …”
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Could Lipoprotein Lipase Play a Role in Alzheimer's Disease? by Jean-Francois Blain, Judes Poirier

“…This paper reviews recent literature on the role of lipoprotein lipase in the central nervous system with a focus on its recently described role in synaptic remodeling. This novel role could have implication for Alzheimer's disease treatment.…”
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Understanding the Pathogenesis of Angelman Syndrome through Animal Models by Nihar Ranjan Jana

“…Emerging evidence now indicates that UBE3A plays a very important role in synaptic function and in regulation of activity-dependent synaptic plasticity. …”
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Cellular Origin of Spontaneous Ganglion Cell Spike Activity in Animal Models of Retinitis Pigmentosa by David J. Margolis, Peter B. Detwiler

“…Patch-clamp recordings from identified types of ON and OFF retinal ganglion cells in the adult (36–210 d old) rd1 mouse show that the ongoing oscillatory spike activity in both cell types is driven by strong rhythmic synaptic input from presynaptic neurons that is blocked by CNQX. …”
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Therapeutic Potentials of Synapses after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Comprehensive Review by Zunjia Wen, Dong Li, Meifen Shen, Gang Chen

“…Second, we briefly describe several key synaptic proteins involved in neuroplasticity, which may be novel neuronal targets for specific intervention. …”
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Assortment of GABAergic Plasticity in the Cortical Interneuron Melting Pot by Pablo Méndez, Alberto Bacci

“…However, the heterogeneity of cortical GABAergic cells is associated to equally diverse properties governing intrinsic excitability as well as strength, dynamic range, spatial extent, anatomical localization, and molecular components of inhibitory synaptic connections that they form with pyramidal neurons. …”
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Medial and lateral vestibulospinal projections to the cervical spinal cord of the squirrel monkey by Richard Boyle

“…IntroductionThe brainstem vestibular nuclei neurons receive synaptic inputs from inner ear acceleration-sensing hair cells, cerebellar output neurons, and ascending signals from spinal proprioceptive-related neurons. …”
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