ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2012
The BCM theory of synapse modification at 30: interaction of theory with experiment.
Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 174 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
174 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Can exercise combined with transcranial direct current stimulation improve cognitive function in older adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of combining two techniques of non-invasive brain stimulation in subacute stroke patients: a pilot study.BMC neurology · 2022Trial
- Transcranial electrostimulation with special waveforms enhances upper-limb motor function in patients with chronic stroke: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Trial
- Preconditioning with Cathodal High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Sensitizes the Primary Motor Cortex to Subsequent Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation.Neural plasticity · 2021Trial
- Timing of Acupuncture during LTP-Like Plasticity Induced by Paired-Associative Stimulation.Behavioural neurology · 2019Trial
- Neuromodulatory Gating of Synaptic Plasticity: Mechanisms, Motivation, and Clinical Dysfunction Across Scales.Synapse (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Review
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- Realization of the Bienenstock-Cooper-Munro rule in a single memristor.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Multiscale Mechanisms that Underlie Intermittent Theta-burst Stimulation in Post-stroke Motor Recovery: From Molecular Signaling to Network Reorganization.Translational stroke research · 2026Review
- Homeostatic Plasticity Enables Stable yet Tunable Neuronal Assemblies.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- An integratediScience · 2026Article
- Binocular Afferent Synchrony During Development and in Amblyopia: Evidence From Dominance-Referenced Multichannel Visual Evoked Potentials.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Ferroelectric Devices for In-Memory and In-Sensor Computing.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Posterior parietal cortex oscillatory activity reflects persistent spatial memory impairments induced by early hippocampal amyloidosis in male mice.The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- Efficacy of Venlafaxine and Deep Brain Stimulation Against the Effects of Hippocampal Lesion with Ibotenic Acid in Animals Exposed to the Chronic Mild Stress Model of Depression.Current neuropharmacology · 2026Article
- Non-Synaptic Mechanism of Ocular Dominance Plasticity.ASN neuro · 2026Article
- Polymorphic functionalization driven by ion displacement-induced antiferroelectric ordering in CuBiP₂Se₆.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Temporary retinal inactivation reverses effects of long-term monocular deprivation in visual cortex by induction of burst mode firing in the thalamus.Cell reports · 2025Article
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- Emergence of sparse coding, balance and decorrelation from a biologically-grounded spiking neural network model of learning in the primary visual cortex.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Thirty years have passed since the publication of Elie Bienenstock, Leon Cooper and Paul Munro's 'Theory for the development of neuron selectivity: orientation specificity and binocular interaction in visual cortex', known as the BCM theory of synaptic plasticity. This theory has guided experimentalists to discover some fundamental properties of synaptic plasticity and has provided a mathematical structure that bridges molecular mechanisms and systems-level consequences of learning and memory storage.
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