title: Observations on clustered synaptic plasticity and highly structured input patterns.
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Makino and Malinow and Kleindienst et al. present evidence of a behaviorally induced form of synaptic plasticity that would encourage the development of fine-scale structured input patterns and the binding of features within single neurons.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA. mageej@janelia.hhmi.org
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Magee
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002451:Cell Compartmentation / Q000502:physiology*; D003712:Dendrites / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000254:growth & development*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012683:Sensory Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*