Open access journal publisher accepts fake paper

A nonsensical article generated by a computer program was accepted and published by an open access journal.

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Research Paper to Watch

Researchers from Columbia and other universities designed fluorescent false neurotransmitters as substrates for the synaptic vesicle monoamine transporter. Using these probes to image dopamine release in the striatum, they made several observations pertinent to synaptic plasticity. They found that the fraction of synaptic vesicles releasing neurotransmitter per stimulus was dependent on the stimulus frequency. A kinetically distinct "reserve" synaptic vesicle population was not observed under these experimental conditions. A frequency-dependent heterogeneity of presynaptic terminals was revealed that was dependent in part on D2 dopamine receptors, indicating a mechanism for frequency-dependent coding of presynaptic selection.

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