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Brain functions are realized by the activity of neuronal networks composed of a huge number of neurons. The efficiency of information transfer within the networks is changeable. Even the networks themselves can change through experience. Information transfer between neurons is performed at the synapse (the site of the neurons’ contact) by release of neurotransmitters from the pre-synaptic cell and capture of neurotransmitters by the post-synaptic cell. The amount of released neurotransmitter or the efficacy of capture can change. Moreover, synapses are found to be newly formed upon activity or abandoned upon inactivity. These changes are called "synaptic plasticity".
This text focuses on one component of synaptic plasticity called transsynaptic signaling, or communication of synapses during their formation.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Neurology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, USA
Patrick K. Stanton
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Department of Physiology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Clive Bramham
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CNRRR Department, Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw, USA
Helen E. Scharfman
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Synaptic Plasticity and Transsynaptic Signaling
Editors: Patrick K. Stanton, Clive Bramham, Helen E. Scharfman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b107409
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-24008-4Published: 21 July 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3680-6Published: 29 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-25443-2Published: 14 June 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 557
Number of Illustrations: 119 b/w illustrations
Topics: Neurosciences, Cell Biology, Neurobiology
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