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- Title
Synaptic tagging — who's it?
- Authors
Martin, Kelsey C.; Kosik, Kenneth S.
- Abstract
A synaptic tag transiently marks a synapse after activation in a way that allows the local recognition of transcriptional products to effect an enduring change in transmission efficiency. The idea of the synaptic tag as a single molecule might be misguided; instead, a process such as activation of local translation or cytoskeletal reorganization could mark a synapse. A change of this nature might be modulated directly or indirectly by transcriptional products that, for example, modulate translational activity, mRNA stability or protein degradation, or are ensconced in a cytoskeletal configuration, and thereby lead to long-term changes in synaptic strength.
- Subjects
SYNAPSES; APLYSIA; NEURONS
- Publication
Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2002, Vol 3, Issue 10, p813
- ISSN
1471-003X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrn942