Kirsten Bohmbach

The paper shows that astrocyte-mediated regulation of D-serine aligns with the BCM model of synaptic plasticity, explaining behavioral effects in mice and predicting new learning mechanisms.

The paper shows that astrocytic signaling via endocannabinoid receptors modulates dendritic integration in hippocampal pyramidal cells, enhancing spatial learning through frequency-dependent feedback.

The paper identifies a Na+ channel-dependent mechanism in hippocampal dendrites that contributes to spatial memory deficits in epilepsy and shows that targeting Nav1.3 channels can reverse these deficits.