Protein Synthesis and Long-term Synaptic Plasticity

James H Schwartz, Columbia University, New York, USA

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0000051

Long term synaptic plasticity is a sustained alteration in the activity of a nerve cell. This change is produced by receptor mediated induction of gene expression which results in the synthesis of new protein, both in the neuron’s cell body and at its terminals.

Keywords: consolidation; anisomycin; puromycin; transcription factors; learning and memory; translational control

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Synaptic Transmission | Neurons | Transcription of DNA | Transcriptional Regulation | Translation of RNA | Translational Regulation
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Schwartz, James H(Apr 2001) Protein Synthesis and Long-term Synaptic Plasticity. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0000051]