Homeostatic role of heterosynaptic plasticity: Models and experiments

Homosynaptic Hebbian-type plasticity provides a cellular mechanism of learning and refinement of connectivity during development in a variety of biological systems. In this review we argue that a complimentary form of plasticity - heterosynaptic plasticity - represents a necessary cellular componen...

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Main Authors: Marina eChistiakova, Nicholas M Bannon, Jen-Yung eChen, Maxim eBazhenov, Maxim eVolgushev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncom.2015.00089/full