Activity-driven synapse elimination leads paradoxically to domination by inactive neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 9975-9985

  Barber, Michael J ^a,b   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hebb's postulate; Model; Neuromuscular junction; Synapse elimination; Synaptic competition; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033571853     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-22-09975.1999     Document Type: Article

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