Microtubule motor proteins – kinesins and dyneins – play an important role in intracellular transport. Impairments to axon transport can influence neurotransmitter release and short-term presynaptic plasticity. Impairments to dendritic transport, particularly recycling of synaptic receptors, affect postsynaptic plasticity. This review seeks to follow the link between microtubule motor proteins and the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity from the point of view of their involvement in transporting proteins and organelles, where their role in the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity has been demonstrated.
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Vasil’eva, N.A., Pivovarov, A.S. Microtubule Motor Proteins and the Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity. Neurosci Behav Physi 47, 585–594 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-017-0439-6
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