Corticosterone alters AMPAR mobility and facilitates bidirectional synaptic plasticity.

The stress hormone corticosterone has the ability both to enhance and suppress synaptic plasticity and learning and memory processes. However, until today there is very little known about the molecular mechanism that underlies the bidirectional effects of stress and corticosteroid hormones on synapt...

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Main Authors: Stéphane Martin, Jeremy M Henley, David Holman, Ming Zhou, Olof Wiegert, Myrrhe van Spronsen, Marian Joëls, Casper C Hoogenraad, Harmen J Krugers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2659165?pdf=render