Extreme stiffness of neuronal synapses and implications for synaptic adhesion and plasticity
J. Yang, N. Mandriota, S. G. Harrellson, J. A. Jones-Molina, R. Yuste, R. Lefort, O. Sahin
This study measures synaptic stiffness using a combined microscopy platform and finds it to be extremely high, correlated with spine size, and potentially regulated by neural circuit processes.
bioRxiv · Aug 31, 2020 · PreprintBiophysics