title: Brain imaging: how stable are synaptic connections?
abstract: Cortical circuits can undergo experience-dependent remodeling, while retaining the capacity for long-term information storage. The stability of individual synaptic connections is fundamental to both processes, but poorly understood; two studies using new in vivo imaging techniques have finally shed some light on this important issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Beckman Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. martinm@stanford.edu
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Niell
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003712:Dendrites; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D051379:Mice; D013569:Synapses