Sentences with phrase «synaptic connections occur»

Long - term memories likely form when selective alterations in synaptic connections occur within patterns of neurons called neuronal ensembles.

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It occurs when one neuron fires closely after another, which strengthens their synaptic connection and makes it slightly more likely the first will trigger the second in the future.

However, later in life, the truncated version of Shank3 interfered with synaptic functions and connections in the brain's cortex, where executive functions such as thought and planning occur.