Short-term synaptic plasticity

• Misha Tsodyks*, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel

• Si Wu, State Key Lab of Cognitive Neuroscience & Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Dr. Misha Tsodyks accepted the invitation on 29 October 2008 (self-imposed deadline: 29 April 2009).

Short-term synaptic plasticity refers to activity-driven changes in synaptic efficacy.

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