BRAGging about mechanisms of long-term depression.

Neuron

MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Published: June 2010

The mechanisms of long-term depression (LTD) underlie various aspects of normal brain function. Therefore, it is important to understand the signaling that underpins LTD. The study by Scholz et al. in this issue of Neuron describes how BRAG2, mGluRs, and AMPARs come together to produce LTD through AMPAR internalization.

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