Nature Communications (May 2021)

NMDAR-dependent long-term depression is associated with increased short term plasticity through autophagy mediated loss of PSD-95

  • Benjamin Compans,
  • Come Camus,
  • Emmanouela Kallergi,
  • Silvia Sposini,
  • Magalie Martineau,
  • Corey Butler,
  • Adel Kechkar,
  • Remco V. Klaassen,
  • Natacha Retailleau,
  • Terrence J. Sejnowski,
  • August B. Smit,
  • Jean-Baptiste Sibarita,
  • Thomas M. Bartol,
  • David Perrais,
  • Vassiliki Nikoletopoulou,
  • Daniel Choquet,
  • Eric Hosy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23133-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Long-term depression (LTD) of synaptic strength contributes to circuit remodeling, memory encoding and erasure. Here, the authors show that P2XR- and NMDAR-dependent LTD are associated with distinct and precise molecular modifications that lead to specific modification of synapse function.