New Clues to How Neurons Strengthen Their Connections
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Results of a new study indicate that the AMPA receptor for glutamate plays a key role in the strengthening of synapses. This strengthening process is known as long-term potentiation (LTP). Study results also seem to indicate that the changes that occur in LTP take place in the cell that receives the signal, rather than in the cell that dispenses the signal.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1999
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Adaptation by hyperpolarization
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A technique called whole-patch recording was used to determine how neurons in the visual cerebral cortex adapt to sensory stimulus. A fluid-filled electrode attached to a cell membrane continuously recorded a neuron's intracellular potential as it adapted to stimulus.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
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