Transmission, Development, and Plasticity of Synapses

Chemical synapses are sites of contact and information transfer between a neuron and its partner cell. Each synapse is a specialized junction, where the presynaptic cell assembles machinery for the release of neurotransmitter, and the postsynaptic cell assembles components to receive and integrate t...

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Main Authors: Littleton, J. Troy (Contributor), Harris, Kathryn P. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), Picower Institute for Learning and Memory (Contributor), Harris, Kathryn (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Genetics Society of America (GSA), 2017-01-25T21:38:48Z.
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