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Study of synapse strength focuses on ‘active zones’

Tuesday, Mar 16
… Study of synapse strength focuses on ‘active zones’ March 16, 2021 New … a lot, or a little, to drive nervous system communication synapse formation With new NIH grant, team will learn how neurons …
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MIT neuroscientists build case for new theory of memory formation

Monday, Oct 23
… MIT neuroscientists build case for new theory of memory formation October 23, 2017 Research Findings Existence of … “silent engrams” suggests that existing models of memory formation should be revised. engram … later by treating cells with a protein that stimulates synapse formation. Dheeraj Roy, a recent MIT PhD recipient, …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/134

How brain cells pick which connections to keep

Tuesday, Aug 06
… proxy of experience to mark synapses for stabilization synapse formation synapse assembly synapse disassembly synaptic plasticity …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/561

What separates the strong from the weak among connections in the brain

Tuesday, Jul 10
… Calcium flux, channnels and time to mature are key synapse formation synapse function synapse assembly synapse calcium calcium …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/355

Colloquium on the Brain and Cognition with Kang Shen, PhD, HHMI, Stanford University

… importance of phase separation: a case study in synapse formation 2020-09-17T16:00:00-0400 2020-09-17T17:00:00-0400 … United States https://mit.zoom.us/j/98814285309 Colloquium Synapse Mapping Neural Plasticity Public Event This seminar …
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Special Seminar with Yoshiyuki Kubota, PhD, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan

… that involves synaptogenesis as indicated by new spine formation on pyramidal cell dendrites (Xu et al., Nature, … while mice learned a single-seed reaching task.  The spine formation rate at the dendritic tuft in layer 1 was … of a novel motor skill coincided with abundant CC synapse formation in the early learning period. On the …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/588

Study reveals a protein’s key contribution to heterogeneity of neurons

Monday, Nov 29
… of two neuron classes at the fly neuromuscular junction synapse synapse function synapse formation drosophila NMJ …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/864

Findings weaken notion that size equals strength for neural connections

Tuesday, Jun 30
… Fragile X syndrome – by finding a “Protein X” mGluR5 synapse function synapse synapse formation synaptic plasticity plasticity Fragile X Syndrome …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/678

Next-generation tissue expansion method improves neural imaging

Thursday, Jan 13
… deeper studies of circuit junctions in brain tissue PSD synapse formation synapse assembly inhibitory synapses MAP …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/879

Neuroscientists discover a molecular mechanism that allows memories to form

Monday, Oct 05
… top. Green indicates neurons that were activated in memory formation; red shows the neurons that were activated in … yellow shows neurons that were activated in both memory formation and recall, and are thus considered to be … know that in the very first stage of memory formation, genes known as immediate early genes are turned on …
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