Table of Contents

-The three faces of norepinephrine: plasticity at the perforant path-dentate gyrus synapse -The histaminergic system in the brain: memory and synaptic plasticity -Spike timing dependent plasticity of rat hippocampal and cortical synapses and control by muscarinic transmission -Hydrogen peroxide regulates metaplasticity in the hippocampus -Presynaptic ionotropic GABA receptors: A homeostatic feedback mechanism at axon terminals of inhibitory interneurons -Activity dependent regulation of the Cl- transporting system in neurons -The truth about mossy fiber long-term potentiation -The gluzinergic synapse: who’s talking and who’s listening? -BDNF as a trigger for transsynaptic consolidation in the adult brain -On the role of neurotrophins in dendritic calcium signaling: implications for hippocampal transsynaptic plasticity -Transsynaptic dialogue between excitatory and inhibitory hippocampal synapses via endocannabinoids -Talking back: endocannabinoid retrograde signaling adjusts synaptic efficacy -Synaptic vesicle recycling as a substrate for neural plasticity -Retrograde messengers in plasticity of hippocampal excitatory synaptic transmission -Hippocampal long-term depression as a declarative memory mechanism -NMDA receptors: from protein-protein interactions to transactivation -The phases of LTP: the new complexities -CREB: a cornerstone of memory consolidation -Synaptic plasticity in the central nervous system: a role for calcium-regulated adenylyl cyclases -Rapid nuclear responses to action potentials -Coordinated pre- and postsynaptic changes involved in developmental activity-dependent synapse elimination -Recent advances in the role of integrins in developmental and adult synaptic plasticity -Consolidation: a view from the synapse -Morphological plasticity of the synapse: interactions of structure and function -Role of the spine apparatus in synaptic plasticity -Amyloid-b as a biologically active peptide in CNS