Sentences with phrase «synaptic growth»
"Synaptic growth" refers to the process in which the connections between brain cells, called synapses, increase in number or strength. This helps to improve communication between neurons and enhance brain function. Full definition
Serotonin - mediated endocytosis of apCAM: an early step of learning - related synaptic growth in Aplysia
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In the realm of pure research, we are steadily gaining a better understanding of how galaxies form; how a single fertilized egg turns into a fruit fly or a congressman; how synaptic growth supports long - term memory.
Project - and play - based learning are essential in the early grades to develop creative learning dispositions during the brain's most active period of synaptic growth.
Haghighi studies synaptic growth, function and plasticity in both normal and diseased animals, aiming to identify the very earliest malfunctions in synaptic function.
«Additionally, when they changed the diets of DHA - deficient mothers to include a proper level of this dietary fatty acid, the neuronal and synaptic growth flourished and returned to normal in the following generation of tadpoles,» said Cohen - Cory.
We must focus on creative learning dispositions early, during the brain's most active period of synaptic growth.
Giulio Tononi, head of the Center for Sleep and Consciousness at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, has found that gene expression inside synapses changes in a way that supports this hypothesis: Genes involved in synaptic growth are more active during the day, and those involved in synaptic pruning are more active during sleep.
They also perform housekeeping functions by cleaning up excess neurotransmitters and supporting synaptic growth.