Synaptic plasticity: neighborhood influences.
Recent studies indicate that, when the strengths of specific synapses are modified by activity, changes in strengths also occur at neighboring synapses; this neighborhood influence has important implications for how synaptic modifications implement learning and memory.
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Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. venk@salk.edu
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