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silent synapse: a standalone construct

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Neuroscience

a synapse that holds NMDA receptors but no working AMPA receptors, so it transmits nothing at rest until potentiation switches it on.

In neuroscience, silent synapse refers to a synapse that holds NMDA receptors but no working AMPA receptors, so it transmits nothing at rest until potentiation switches it on. This meaning comes from Isaac (1995) in Neuron.[1]

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potentiation2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs rest1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Isaac, J. T. R., Nicoll, R. A., & Malenka, R. C. (1995). Evidence for silent synapses: Implications for the expression of LTP. Neuron, 15(2), 427-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/0896-6273(95)90046-2

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