Endoplasmic reticulum visits highly active spines and prevents runaway potentiation of synapses

In hippocampal pyramidal cells, a subset of dendritic spines contain endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Here, the authors show that ER enters dendritic spines in a non-random manner, during high synaptic activity with the function of limiting synaptic strength.

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Main Authors: Alberto Perez-Alvarez, Shuting Yin, Christian Schulze, John A. Hammer, Wolfgang Wagner, Thomas G. Oertner
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/d18389b28e5c4c748bad163e6a7b8cd6
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