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synaptic scaling: a standalone construct

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Neuroscience

a slow homeostatic adjustment in which a neuron multiplies the strength of all its synapses up or down to keep its firing rate stable.

In neuroscience, synaptic scaling refers to a slow homeostatic adjustment in which a neuron multiplies the strength of all its synapses up or down to keep its firing rate stable. This meaning comes from Turrigiano (1998) in Nature.[1]

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References

Turrigiano, G. G., Leslie, K. R., Desai, N. S., Rutherford, L. C., & Nelson, S. B. (1998). Activity-dependent scaling of quantal amplitude in neocortical neurons. Nature, 391(6670), 892-896. https://doi.org/10.1038/36103

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