Synaptic plasticity is the ability of the connection, or synapse,
between two neurons to change in strength. There are several
underlying mechanisms that co-operate to achieve synaptic
plasticity, including changes in the quantity of neurotransmitter
released into a synapse and changes in how effectively cells
respond to those neurotransmitters. Since memories are postulated
to be represented by vastly interconnected networks of synapses in
the brain, synaptic plasticity is one of the important
neurochemical foundations of learning and memory. In this book the
discussion of synaptic plasticity that effects both physical and
mental behaviour of organisms is discussed including as the
physical performance of an organism that resulted in a stroke, drug
addiction, or the mechanisms of brain plasticity that forms mental
disorders such as depression.
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