The TWiN team explain the basic principles of synaptic transmission, and review a classic paper demonstrating that recycling endosomes are important for modifying synaptic strength, which is involved in information storage and processing.
Hosts: Ori Lieberman, Andres Bendesky,Jason Shepherd, and Vincent Racaniello
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- Bendesky lab 00:39
- Recycling Endosomes Supply AMPA Receptors for LTP (Science) 33:59
- AMPA receptor (Wikipedia) 24:26
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiN #2 1:18:32
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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