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Deconstructing the synapse

Nature Neuroscience volume 21, pages 1294–1295 (2018)Cite this article

While the role of protein synthesis in synaptic plasticity and memory is well-established, protein degradation processes have been less studied. A seminal 2003 Nature Neuroscience paper showed that ubiquitin-dependent degradation of synaptic proteins is engaged during activity-regulated synaptic remodeling.

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Fig. 1: Activity-dependent remodeling of synaptic proteins.

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