Potassium channels: newly found players in synaptic plasticity

• Published in: The Neuroscientist (Baltimore, Md.) Vol. 14; no. 3; p. 276
• Main Authors: Kim, Jinhyun, Hoffman, Dax A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2008
• Subjects: Animals; Central Nervous System - physiology; Hippocampus - physiology; Humans; Neuronal Plasticity - physiology; Potassium Channels - physiology; Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated - metabolism; Protein Transport - physiology; Shal Potassium Channels - metabolism; Synapses - physiology; Synaptic Transmission - physiology
• ISSN: 1073-8584
• DOI: 10.1177/1073858408315041

One of the major issues for modern neuroscience research concerns the molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie the acquisition, storage, and recollection of memories by the brain. Regulation of the strength of individual synaptic inputs (synaptic plasticity) has, for decades, been the front-r...