Synaptic Plasticity

Abstract

Synaptic Plasticity: Molecular, Cellular, and Functional Aspects edited by MICHEL BAUDRY, RICHARD F. THOMPSON, and JOEL L. DAVIS, 263 pp., ill., Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 1993. $50.00 Plasticity may be defined as changes in the strength of specific synaptic connections in response to a stimulus, usually partial deafferentation or activity-dependent. The last 25 years have provided mind-boggling growth in our understanding of the potential for modifiability within the nervous system both during development and in the mature organism. Understanding the devices by which neurons regulate synaptic connectivity, either number …