… change in response to experience, a capability known as “plasticity.” In 2006, for example, Bear and co-authors … Lab led the discovery that reduced sensory input weakens synaptic connections by a mechanism called long-term … the normal, or “fellow,” eye resets the threshold for synapticplasticity, allowing incoming sensory input to …
… suspending visual input creates a condition in which the synaptic connections can fully restrengthen, almost as if … any other treatment due to the decline in the capacity for plasticity that comes with age.” The authors also sought to … clear demonstration of how understanding principles of synapticplasticity can yield a novel therapeutic strategy,” …
… to forge new circuit connections, via processes known as “synapticplasticity” and “dendritic spine formation.” Importantly, … indicates that both increased intrinsic excitability and synapticplasticity work hand in hand to form engrams and …
… include overproduction of protein as well as altered synapticplasticity, impairment of some types of learning and memory, … for Neuroscience Award recognizes Professor Mark Bear’s synapticplasticity research, its translation to potential …
… revolutionary study in which he demonstrated the brain’s “plasticity” by showing how a developing ferret’s brain would … from the ears, Sur’s lab has gone on to study cortical plasticity intensely. His lab has produced powerful … lab showed how a protein that is crucial for regulating synapticplasticity is lacking in the developmental condition …