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structural synaptic plasticity: a standalone construct

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experience-dependent formation, elimination and reshaping of synapses and dendritic spines that rewires neural circuits.

In neuroscience, structural synaptic plasticity refers to experience-dependent formation, elimination and reshaping of synapses and dendritic spines that rewires neural circuits. This meaning comes from Holtmaat (2009) in Nature Reviews Neuroscience.[1]

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Holtmaat, A., & Svoboda, K. (2009). Experience-dependent structural synaptic plasticity in the mammalian brain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 10(9), 647-658. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn2699

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