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Area-specific synapse structure in branched posterior nucleus axons reveals a new level of complexity in thalamocortical networks jneurosci.org/content/early/… - really nice, detailed work
...but I don't quite understand the claim of a "new subcellular level of complexity". There are many known examples a neuron making different types of synapses onto different target cells
Synaptic properties depends on both partners: Specification of synaptic connectivity by cell surface interactions nature.com/articles/nrn.2…
Making different synapse types onto different targets allows the same information to be communicated and transformed differently for different purposes
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