title: Lights on for the molecular players of presynaptic plasticity.
abstract: Neuronal response or adaption to a changing environment relies on the modulation of synaptic function. How this modulation is achieved remains controversial. In this issue of Neuron, Sugie et al. (2015) now report that active zones of Drosophila photoreceptors undergo activity-dependent changes in their molecular composition.
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for Biology/Genetics, Takustrasse 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany; NeuroCure, Charité, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Mathias A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Böhme
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for Biology/Genetics, Takustrasse 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany; NeuroCure, Charité, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: stephan.sigrist@fu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: Stephan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Sigrist
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D025461:Feedback, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000166:cytology*; D017729:Presynaptic Terminals / Q000502:physiology*