Synaptic plasticity: going through phases with LTP

E P Huang

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70219-2

Synaptic plasticity: going through phases with LTP

Curr Biol. 1998 May 7;8(10):R350-2. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70219-2.

Author

E P Huang¹

Affiliation

¹ Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Salk Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.

PMID: 9601635
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70219-2

Abstract

Early and late expressing components of synaptic plasticity may underlie the temporal phases of behavioral memory. New studies argue that a balance between kinase and phosphatase activity regulates the transition between different phases of synaptic plasticity and memory.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Calcineurin / genetics
Calcineurin / physiology*
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / physiology*
Long-Term Potentiation / physiology*
Memory / physiology*
Neuronal Plasticity / physiology
Synapses / physiology

Substances

Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
Calcineurin