Neuroplasticity and Extracellular Proteolysis

• Main Author: Leszek Kaczmarek (auth)
• Other Authors: Jerzy W. Mozrzymas (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; structural plasticity; nuropathology; excitability; Extracellular Matrix; neurodevelopment; Cell Adhesion Molecules; synaptic plasticity
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Neuroplasticity refers to the ability of the Central Nervous System (CNS) to alter its structure and function in response to a variety of physiological and pathological processes such as development, cognition, injury or neurological diseases. Since more than four decades, studies on synaptic plasti...