title: How do neurons sense a spike burst?
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Xu et al. (2012) show that knock down of Syt1, a major Ca(2+) sensor, impairs synaptic transmission similarly in different brain regions but with unexpected, region-specific behavioral outcomes.
authors.affiliation: The Neuroscience Institute, New York University, New York, NY 10016, USA. buzsaki@andromeda.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: György
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buzsáki