title: Dissonant Synapses Shall Be Punished.
abstract: Synaptic activity in the neonatal brain is often locally synchronized. How such clustering comes about is unclear. Winnubst et al. (2015) show that the refinement of synaptic connectivity is driven by the depression of synapses that are asynchronous with their neighbors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic Neurosciences and the Center for Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland; Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Vassilis
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kehayas
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic Neurosciences and the Center for Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: anthony.holtmaat@unige.ch.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holtmaat
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000166:cytology*