A Tale of Two Inputs

James Ashley; Vivian Budnik

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2017.03.013

A Tale of Two Inputs

Neuron. 2017 Mar 22;93(6):1245-1247. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.03.013.

Authors

James Ashley¹, Vivian Budnik²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
² Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. Electronic address: vivian.budnik@umassmed.edu.

PMID: 28334601
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.03.013

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Newman et al. (2017) image calcium events at single synapses of unanesthetized Drosophila larvae. Synaptic plasticity and homeostatic regulation of synapses is established to be input specific. Furthermore, plasticity forms involve selective recruitment of previously active or silent synapses.

Keywords: Drosophila NMJ; synaptic activation; synaptic depression; synaptic plasticity; synaptic quantal resolution.

MeSH terms

Animals
Drosophila
Homeostasis
Neuronal Plasticity*
Neurons
Synapses*