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Revealing silent synapses in the adult brain

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  • Vardalaki, D. et al. Filopodia are a structural substrate for silent synapses in adult neocortex. Nature https://doi.org/jps5 (2022)

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Whalley, K. Revealing silent synapses in the adult brain. Nat Rev Neurosci 24, 59 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-022-00666-6

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