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… Genes & plasticity in memory Discoveries Memories form when cells … synapses, in response to experience is called “synaptic plasticity.” In several studies, including ones dating back a … genetic and molecular underpinnings of the synaptic plasticity of memory. Below are just a few examples of key …

… Adult dendritic plasticity Discoveries Adults can learn and remember, so it’s … experience (an essential and marvelous property called “plasticity”). Still, in the early 2000s neuroscientists were … finding led to the hypothesis that adult brains implement plasticity by changing inhibition in circuits. Top row: An …

… Plasticity and ‘metaplasticity’ in amblyopia Discoveries In … how the brain adapts to experience, a phenomenon called “plasticity.” They also inspired the work of Picower Professor … and experimental work by Bear’s lab helped to reveal that plasticity itself is plastic (a concept called …