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Molecular mechanisms of neuroplasticity: An expanding universe

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Biochemical processes in synapses and other neuronal compartments underlie neuroplasticity (functional and structural alterations in the brain enabling adaptation to the environment, learning, memory, as well as rehabilitation after brain injury). This basic molecular level of brain plasticity covers numerous specific proteins (enzymes, receptors, structural proteins, etc.) participating in many coordinated and interacting signal and metabolic processes, their modulation forming a molecular basis for brain plasticity. The articles in this issue are focused on different “hot points” in the research area of biochemical mechanisms supporting neuroplasticity.

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Published in Russian in Biokhimiya, 2017, Vol. 82, No. 3, pp. 365-371.

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Gulyaeva, N.V. Molecular mechanisms of neuroplasticity: An expanding universe. Biochemistry Moscow 82, 237–242 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006297917030014

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