Friday, Jun 22
… MIT scientists discover fundamental rule of brain plasticity June 22, 2018 Research Findings When a synapse … strengthens, others immediately nearby weaken plasticity synaptic plasticity optogenetics visual cortex visual system … This finding, he said, provides an explanation of how synaptic strengthening and weakening combine in neurons to …
… MIT Department of Biology in 2000. Synapse Mapping Neural Plasticity Genetic Engineering Autism Spectrum Disorders … Brain Imaging Activity Sensors Glia synapse formation synaptic transmission glia epilepsy neurological disorders … work is to understand the mechanisms by which neurons form synaptic connections, how synapses transmit information, and …
… Early Life Stress Visual System Schizophrenia Neural Plasticity Learning and Memory mGluR5 LTD LTP monocular … in the question of how experience and deprivation modify synaptic connections in the brain. Experience-dependent synaptic plasticity is the physical substrate of memory, …
Tuesday, Aug 07
… respectively, to further advance his research harnessing synaptic plasticity to promote recovery from amblyopia, commonly known … many of the fundamental principles and mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in the cerebral cortex, which is the way …
… Autism Spectrum Disorders Public Event Title: "Cortical Plasticity" This is a Zoom webinar. Click here to join or … into your browser: https://mit.zoom.us/j/97608996526 Plasticity shapes the brain during development, and … learning rules that involve not only Hebbian changes and synaptic scaling but also dendritic renormalization. By using …
… States https://whereis.mit.edu/?go=46 Colloquium Neural Plasticity Learning and Memory Public Event The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Synaptic Plasticity My lab is interested in elucidating the … a long lasting (many weeks) enhancement in the strength of synaptic transmission, is generally accepted to be a key …
Monday, Aug 20
… neurons in mice August 20, 2018 Research findings Neural plasticity, dendrite growth decline with age, study finds inhibitory neurons plasticity synaptic plasticity … that structural alterations in neuronal morphology and synaptic connections are features most consistently …
Tuesday, Jun 30
… X” mGluR5 synapse function synapse synapse formation synaptic plasticity plasticity Fragile X Syndrome hippocampus … in response to experience. Scientists have studied this “synaptic plasticity” for decades, but a new study by …
… Imaging Visual System Neuro Genomics and Proteomics Neural Plasticity Mood Disorders synaptic plasticity synapse assembly synapse disassembly … genes important for neuronal survival, connectivity, and synaptic transmission, suggesting that activity-regulated …
Wednesday, Jul 11
… started at MIT in 1998, has discovered genes underlying plasticity – the capability of the central nervous system to … remodeling, but while it’s not hard to see dramatic synaptic changes during development, changes are more subtle … So, Nedivi has devised ways to image whole neurons at synaptic resolution, and to add new colors to two-photon …
