STDP and mental retardation: dysregulation of dendritic excitability in Fragile X syndrome
Development of cognitive function requires the formation and refinement of synaptic networks of neurons in the brain. Morphological abnormalities of synaptic spines occur throughout the brain in a wide variety of syndromic and non-syndromic disorders of mental retardation (MR). In both neurons from...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2010-06-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsyn.2010.00010/full |