Advances in Synaptic Plasticity

by Michel Baudry, Joel L. Davis and Richard F. Thompson (Eds.)

• ISBN13: 9780262024600
• ISBN10: 0262024608
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: MIT PRESS

Summary

Many neurons exhibit plasticity; that is, they can change structurally or functionally, often in a lasting way. Plasticity is evident in such diverse phenomena as learning and memory, brain development, drug tolerance, sprouting of axon terminals after a brain lesion, and various cellular forms of activity-dependent synaptic plasticity such as long-term potentiation and long-term depression. This book, a follow-up to the editors' Synaptic Plasticity(MIT Press, 1993), reports on the most recent trends in the field. The levels of analysis range from molecular to cellular and network, the unifying theme being the nature of the relationships between synaptic plasticity and information processing and storage. Contributors: Yael Amitai, Michel Baudry, Theodore W. Berger, Pierre-Alain Buchs, A. K. Butler, Franck A. Chaillan, Gilbert A. Chauvet, Marie-Franccedil;oise Chesselet, Barry W. Connors, Taraneh Ghaffari, Jay R. Gibson, Ziv Gil, Michel Khrestchatisky, Dietmar Kuhl, Carole E. Landisman, Gilles Laurent, Jim-Shih Liaw, David J. Linden, Katrina MacLeod, Henry Markram, W. V. Morehouse, Dominique Muller, J. A. Napieralski, Santiago Rivera, Franccedil;ois S. Roman, Bernard Soumireu-Mourat, Oswald Steward, Mark Stopfer, F. G. Szele, Richard F. Thompson, Nicolas Toni, Bernard Truchet, Misha Tsodyks, K. Uryu, Ascher Uziel, Christopher S. Wallace, Yun Wang, Michael Wehr, Paul F. Worley, Xiaping Xie.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	xi
Learning about Activity-Dependent Genes	1	(32)
Dietmar Kuhl
Synaptic Regulation of Messenger RNA Trafficking within Neurons	33	(20)
Oswald Steward
Christopher S. Wallace
Paul F. Worley
Matrix Metalloproteinases and Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases in Neuronal Plasticity and Pathology	53	(34)
Santiago Rivera
Michel Khrestchatisky
Long-Term Potentiation: From Molecular Mechanisms to Structural Changes	87	(16)
Dominque Muller
Nicolas Toni
Pierre-Alain Buchs
Role of Synaptic Geometry in the Dynamics and Efficacy of Synaptic Transmission	103	(40)
Jim-Shih Liaw
Xiaping Xie
Taraneh Ghaffari
Michel Baudry
Gilbert A. Chauvet
Theodore W. Berger
Neuron/Glia Signaling and Use-Dependent Modification of Synaptic Strength	143	(24)
David J. Linden
Anatomical Plasticity in the Striatum during Development and after Lesions in the Adult Rat	167	(30)
Marie-Francoise Chesselet
A. K. Butler
J. A. Napieralski
W. V. Morehouse
F. G. Szele
K. Uryu
Pathway-Specific Regulation of Synapses in the Thalamocortical System	197	(24)
Barry W. Connors
Ziv Gil
Carole E. Landisman
Jay R. Gibson
Yael Amitai
Dynamic Representation of Odors by Oscillating Neural Assemblies	221	(18)
Gilles Laurent
Katrina MacLeod
Mark Stopfer
Michael Wehr
Frequency-Dependent Synaptic Transmission in the Neocortex	239	(26)
Henry Markram
Misha Tsodyks
Yun Wang
Ascher Uziel
Neurobiological Substrates of Associative Memory: A Limbic-Cortical Dialogue	265	(12)
Francois S. Roman
Franck A. Chaillan
Bruno Truchet
Bernard Soumireu-Mourat
The Purkinje Local Circuit as an Example of a Functional Unit in the Nervous System	277	(22)
Gilbert A. Chauvet
Pierre Chauvet
Synaptic Plasticity: From Molecules to Behavior	299	(22)
Michel Baudry
Richard F. Thompson
Contributors	321	(4)
Index	325