A Peek at the Nightlife of Synapses Reveals They Weaken, and Why (4 of 4) (IMAGE)

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A Peek at the Nightlife of Synapses Reveals They Weaken, and Why (4 of 4)

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Electron microscopy image of mouse cortex, showing a passing dendrite (d), and some spines with synapses (asterisks). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 3 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by L. de Vivo at University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI, and colleagues was titled, "Ultrastructural evidence for synaptic scaling across the wake/sleep cycle."

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Wisconsin Center for Sleep and Consciousness

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