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ArticleFrontiers in synaptic neuroscience2010

Homeostatic Plasticity and STDP: Keeping a Neuron's Cool in a Fluctuating World.

Alanna J Watt, Niraj S Desai

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Article in Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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75 citing papers in PubMed.

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  18. Altered Heterosynaptic Plasticity Impairs Visual Discrimination Learning in Adenosine A1 Receptor Knock-Out Mice.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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2 authors.

Alanna J WattWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London London, UK.
Niraj S Desai

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) offers a powerful means of forming and modifying neural circuits. Experimental and theoretical studies have demonstrated its potential usefulness for functions as varied as cortical map development, sharpening of sensory receptive fields, working memory, and associative learning. Even so, it is unlikely that STDP works alone. Unless changes in synaptic strength are coordinated across multiple synapses and with other neuronal properties, it is difficult to maintain the stability and functionality of neural circuits. Moreover, there are certain features of early postnatal development (e.g., rapid changes in sensory input) that threaten neural circuit stability in ways that STDP may not be well placed to counter. These considerations have led researchers to investigate additional types of plasticity, complementary to STDP, that may serve to constrain synaptic weights and/or neuronal firing. These are collectively known as "homeostatic plasticity" and include schemes that control the total synaptic strength of a neuron, that modulate its intrinsic excitability as a function of average activity, or that make the ability of synapses to undergo Hebbian modification depend upon their history of use. In this article, we will review the experimental evidence for homeostatic forms of plasticity and consider how they might interact with STDP during development, and learning and memory.

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BCMhomeostatic plasticityintrinsic plasticityLTDLTPstabilitySTDPsynaptic scaling

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PMID21423491
PMCPMC3059670

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