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Activity-dependent remodeling of presynaptic inputs by postsynaptic expression of activated CaMKII.
Neuron - 17 Jul 2003
Pratt Kara G, Watt Alanna J, Griffith Leslie C, Nelson Sacha B, Turrigiano Gina G
Abstract excerpt
Competitive synaptic remodeling is an important feature of developmental plasticity, but the molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) can induce postsynaptic changes in synaptic strength. We show that postsynaptic CaMKII also generates structural synaptic rearrangements between cultured cortical neurons. Postsynaptic expression of activated CaMKII...
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