Proteostasis in complex dendrites.

Like all cells, neurons are made of proteins that have characteristic synthesis and degradation profiles. Unlike other cells, however, neurons have a unique multipolar architecture that makes ∼10,000 synaptic contacts with other neurons. Both the stability and modifiability of the neuronal proteome are crucial for its information-processing, storage and plastic properties.

Temporal variability of the N2pc during efficient and inefficient visual search.

Efficient and inefficient visual search are characterized by the difference in the time required to find the target. Efficient "popout" search time is relatively unaffected by increases in the number of search items, whereas inefficient "non-popout" search time requires more time increases in duration. Electrophysiological investigations of the neural correlates of visual search have revealed a component of the event-related potential (ERP) known as the N2pc.