Whereas the team's model proved that the presence of
more scaffolding proteins available at the far downstream end of the neuron (and into the synapse) to AMPA receptors increased during LTP, they found the opposite condition for LDP.
Not exact matches
More broadly, Cepko and Tang note that their
scaffold system is likely applicable to many types of
proteins.
Large amounts of this
protein create a cellular matrix, or a
scaffolding, to which other structural
proteins attach themselves to reform the wound, including
more collagen itself.