Talk:Synaptic plasticity

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[edit] Too technical

This summary is aweful. Misses the key points and focuses individual achievements that are irrelevant such as changes in ion channels. Even that is not explained well. Sure LTP protocols *can* result in more than just LTP of the synaptic strength, called EPSP-to-spike potentiation (an increase in the probability that a spike will be triggered for the same input strength). That indeed relies on ion channel plasticity amongst other things.

Please someone, fix this!

I agree. This article seems overly technical. JohnJohn 18:56, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Exo vs endo

I think this article also got exocytosis and endocytosis swapped. According to what I read on the endocytosis and exocytosis articles on wikipedia, exocytosis is the process of a cell removing contents out from itself, whereas endocytosis is absorbing contents into itself.

As far as I know, the article is currently factual. AMDARs are taken to the cell membrane by EXOcytosis (to move out from the cell body) and are reabsorbed back into the cell body by ENDOcytosis. They never actually leave the cell. SamuelRiv (talk) 08:40, 21 November 2007 (UTC)