The phrase "alter synaptic transmission" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to neuroscience, psychology, or pharmacology when discussing changes in how signals are transmitted between neurons.
Example: "Certain drugs can alter synaptic transmission, leading to changes in mood and behavior."
Alternatives: "modify synaptic transmission" or "change synaptic transmission".
Long-lasting PAP retraction in hypothalamus is known to alter synaptic transmission [1].
Also, considering that even addition of a small number of CP-AMPARs is predicted to alter synaptic transmission [41], the changes may be below the limit of biochemical detection.
In vivo synaptic transmission occurs on a background of depolarized synaptic activity during active brain states, which has been suggested to alter synaptic transmission to different degrees (Destexhe and Paré, 1999, Waters and Helmchen, 2006).
Cytokines such as interleukin-1 β (IL-1 β), tumour necrosis factor- α (TNF- α) and IL-6, which originate from the peripheral injured area or from activated neuroglial cells in the spinal cord, are known to alter synaptic transmission in the dorsal horn.
The delayed mechanical hypersensitivity coincides with an increase in the expression of immune cell markers (microglia and T-cells), and expression pro-inflammatory mediators including TNF and BDNF that can alter synaptic transmission in the dorsal horn and are associated with pain sensitization (Coull et al., 2005, Taves et al., 2013).
Several pathogenic mechanisms have been identified, including neuronal aggregation of the mutated protein [3], transcriptional dysregulation [4], excitotoxicity [5], altered energy metabolism [6], [7], mitochondrial dysfunction [8], [9], impaired axonal transport, and altered synaptic transmission [10], [11].
This suggests that altered synaptic transmission and altered spiking activity may have distinct effects on homeostatic regulation of network excitability.
Striatal cell death in HD may be due to aggregation of expanded-Htt, transcriptional dysregulation, altered energy metabolism, excitotoxicity, impaired axonal transport and/or altered synaptic transmission (2).
The authors note that the use of scissors to decapitate mice at that age without administering anesthesia (which could have altered synaptic transmission) was approved by the CCAC.
The increased interstitial glutamate concentration after SAH is linked to cellular leakage, altered synaptic transmission, BBB disruption, and decreased glutamate uptake [ 28].
In other studies, RF stimulation at DRG altered synaptic transmission and cell morphology and induced Fos expression in the superficial dorsal horn, which suggests that this type of stimulation increases spinal neuron activity [ 18– 20, 40].
