Local regulation of protein translation is essential for synaptic plasticity. MicroRNA-mediated alteration in expression of an enzyme that regulates the palmitoylation of a specific synaptic protein determines dendritic spine size.
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Carrel, D., Firestein, B. MicroRNA-mediated regulation of synaptic palmitoylation: shrinking fat spines. Nat Cell Biol 11, 681–682 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb0609-681
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