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3D Modeling of Dendritic Spines with Synaptic Plasticity
Published on: May 18, 2020
Stochastic, structural and functional factors influencing AMPA and NMDA synaptic response variability: a review
Vito Di Maio1, Francesco Ventriglia1, Silvia Santillo1
1Istituto di Scienze Applicate e Sistemi Intelligenti del CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078, Pozzuoli, Italy.
Abstract:
Synaptic transmission is the basic mechanism of information transfer between neurons not only in the brain, but along all the nervous system. In this review we will briefly summarize some of the main parameters that produce stochastic variability in the synaptic response. This variability produces different effects on important brain phenomena, like learning and memory, and, alterations of its basic factors can cause brain malfunctioning.
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