Activity-dependent modification of synapses is a powerful mechanism for shaping and modifying the response properties of neurons, but it is also dangerous. Unless changes in synaptic strength across ...

Contributed by John P. Perdew, November 8, 2019 (sent for review June 26, 2019; reviewed by E. W. Plummer and Xinguo Ren) What is the underlying microscopic mechanism that drives the material into the ...