A single extracellular glycan links AMPA receptor gating to synaptic plasticity and memory persistence.
Persistent synaptic plasticity is essential for memory, yet its stabilizing mechanisms remain incompletely understood. AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) mediate most fast excitatory transmission in the brain, but how extracellular posttranslational modifications regulate their functional dynamics in vivo remains u...