But researchers have only been able to evaluate
synaptic changes during autopsies.
Not exact matches
His lab is building detailed computer models of synapses and the networks they sustain in order to determine how they collect firing statistics
during wakefulness and sleep and when they
change synaptic strengths to reflect the difference.
Maternal alcohol consumption prior to and
during pregnancy significantly affects cognitive functions in offspring, which may be related to
changes in cyclin - dependent kinase 5 because it is associated with modulation of
synaptic plasticity and impaired learning and memory.
Since 2011, as an associate professor at Stanford University, I have led a team focused on
synaptic changes occurring
during normal and pathological behaviors (sleep, fragile X syndrome, ASD) as well as eye / brain neuronal regeneration.
To examine this hypothesis we will identify the molecular
changes to astrocytes
during the aging process and then determine how these
changes in aging affect the
synaptic connections between neurons.
These
changes were region - specific, depended on timing of the separations
during the first weeks of the pups» life, and they also found a possible link between
synaptic changes and endocrine function.