A molecular link tethering neuronal responses with the past.

Della Santina, Luca; Wong, Rachel O L · Cell · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Neurons need to alter their response to a given stimulus over time in order for the animal to modify its behavior within a changing environment. Chen et al. now demonstrate that neuronal structure and function are altered coordinately by the history of the cell's activity through an unexpected molecular pathway.