Synaptic computation
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The effect of a signal transmitted synaptically can vary enormously, depending on the recent history of activity at either or both sides of the synapse, and such variations can last from milliseconds to months. Experimental and theoretical approaches to the problem of synaptic computation are beginning to put neurons and synapses on a more equal footing about their roles in neutral computation.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Synaptic depression in the localization of sound
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Synaptic depression in neurons in the nucleus magnocellularis appears to be essential to temporal coincidence detection, according to researchers in the US. Experiments with chicks indicate that synatpic depression preserves interaural time-delay information, allowing the chick to localize the origin of sounds. d
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Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
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Year: 2003
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An SCF-like ubiquitin ligase complex that controls presynaptic differentiation
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The identification of FSN-1, a novel F-box protein that is required in presynaptic neurons for the restriction of synapses in C-elegans, is reported. This neuron-specific, SCF-like complex provides a localized signal to attenuate presynaptic differentiation
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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