Overview
Considerable progress has been made in elucidating the functional roles of NMDA receptors (NMDAR) subunits in synaptic plasticity within recent years.
Join Dr Arturas Volianskis of Queen Mary University of London as he reviews current knowledge of synaptic plasticity, compares the processes of long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD), and discusses the future of NMDAR research.
Topics
Our current knowledge about synaptic plasticity and some of the evidence that it underlies learning and memory
The processes of long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD)
Techniques that are used to investigate LTP and LTD
Agonists and antagonists that are currently available for NMDA receptor research