Cell
Volume 157, Issue 7, 19 June 2014, Pages 1738-1738.e1
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SnapShot: Receptor Dynamics at Plastic Synapses

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The dynamic synapse is represented by the constant mobility and exchange of components at both the cell surface and at intracellular sites. This includes thermally powered Brownian diffusion movement, followed by reversible trapping through receptor-scaffold interactions and active transport of cargo vesicles through cytoskeletal motors.

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