Synaptic Size Dynamics as an Effectively Stochastic Process

Adiel Statman; Maya Kaufman; Amir Minerbi; Noam E. Ziv; Naama Brenner

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003846

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Synaptic Size Dynamics as an Effectively Stochastic Process

Adiel Statman,

Affiliations Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Network Biology Research Laboratories, Lorry Lokey Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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Maya Kaufman,

Affiliations Network Biology Research Laboratories, Lorry Lokey Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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Amir Minerbi,

Affiliations Network Biology Research Laboratories, Lorry Lokey Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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Noam E. Ziv,

Affiliations Network Biology Research Laboratories, Lorry Lokey Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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Naama Brenner

* E-mail: nbrenner@technion.ac.il

Affiliations Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Network Biology Research Laboratories, Lorry Lokey Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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Synaptic Size Dynamics as an Effectively Stochastic Process

Adiel Statman,
Maya Kaufman,
Amir Minerbi,
Noam E. Ziv,
Naama Brenner

Published: October 2, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003846

About the Authors

Adiel Statman

Affiliations Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Network Biology Research Laboratories, Lorry Lokey Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel

Maya Kaufman

Affiliations Network Biology Research Laboratories, Lorry Lokey Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

Amir Minerbi

Affiliations Network Biology Research Laboratories, Lorry Lokey Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

Noam E. Ziv

Affiliations Network Biology Research Laboratories, Lorry Lokey Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

Naama Brenner

* E-mail: nbrenner@technion.ac.il

Affiliations Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Network Biology Research Laboratories, Lorry Lokey Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS MK AM NEZ NB. Performed the experiments: MK AM. Analyzed the data: AS MK AM NEZ NB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS MK AM NEZ NB. Wrote the paper: AS NEZ NB.

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