CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory

R Yasuda, Y Hayashi, JW Hell - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Calcium–calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is the most
abundant protein in excitatory synapses and is central to synaptic plasticity, learning and …

Spine dynamics in the brain, mental disorders and artificial neural networks

H Kasai, NE Ziv, H Okazaki, S Yagishita… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
In the brain, most synapses are formed on minute protrusions known as dendritic spines.
Unlike their artificial intelligence counterparts, spines are not merely tuneable memory …

Meta-reinforcement learning via orbitofrontal cortex

R Hattori, NG Hedrick, A Jain, S Chen, H You… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The meta-reinforcement learning (meta-RL) framework, which involves RL over multiple
timescales, has been successful in training deep RL models that generalize to new …

CaM kinase: still inspiring at 40

KU Bayer, H Schulman - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Summary The Ca 2+/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) was touted as
a memory molecule, even before its involvement in long-term potentiation (LTP) was shown …

Synaptic memory and CaMKII

RA Nicoll, H Schulman - Physiological reviews, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) and long-term potentiation (LTP)
were discovered within a decade of each other and have been inextricably intertwined ever …

NMDA receptor functions in health and disease: Old actor, new dimensions

JP Dupuis, O Nicole, L Groc - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
N-Methyl-D-aspartate ionotropic glutamate receptors (NMDARs) play key roles in
synaptogenesis, synaptic maturation, long-term plasticity, neuronal network activity, and …

CaMKII activation persistently segregates postsynaptic proteins via liquid phase separation

T Hosokawa, PW Liu, Q Cai, JS Ferreira, F Levet… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Transient information input to the brain leads to persistent changes in synaptic circuits,
contributing to the formation of memory engrams. Pre-and postsynaptic structures undergo …

Molecular mechanism of hippocampal long-term potentiation–Towards multiscale understanding of learning and memory

Y Hayashi - Neuroscience Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic transmission is considered to be a cellular
counterpart of learning and memory. Activation of postsynaptic NMDA type glutamate …

TIAM1-mediated synaptic plasticity underlies comorbid depression–like and ketamine antidepressant–like actions in chronic pain

Q Ru, Y Lu, AB Saifullah, FA Blanco… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Chronic pain often leads to depression, increasing patient suffering and worsening
prognosis. While hyperactivity of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) appears to be critically …

A revised view of the role of CaMKII in learning and memory

KU Bayer, KP Giese - Nature neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Ca2+/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) plays a
fundamental role in learning and possibly also in memory. However, current mechanistic …