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… and molecular mechanisms underlying activity-dependent synaptic plasticity.” Howard E. Shrobe , a principal research …

… for amblyopia based on the fundamental principles of synaptic plasticity I have spent my life working to elucidate,” said …

… layer is where there is relatively high flexibility or “plasticity,” even in the adult brain. Yet, thalamic … to confirm that the overlapping labels are indeed synaptic contacts. To confirm their first indications of … thalamic synapses they are likely to exhibit significant “plasticity.” Another is that the surprising benefit of …

… traditionally classified as immune-responsive, adjust synaptic connections during development and disease. However, … matrix remodeling and reinstatment of juvenile-like plasticity in the adult brain. Sandra Siegert obtained her …

… lab in 1998. She wanted to study the molecular basis of “plasticity,” the way the brain builds and edits circuit … connections with their excitatory partners. Inhibitory synaptic connections had never been visualized live before … or shrink and grow? Doing that would require developing synaptic fluorescent markers and two-photon microscopy for …

… mice, and they also lost some of their ability to modulate synaptic plasticity — changes in the strength of the connections …