Sentences with phrase «underlying synaptic plasticity»

Current projects include modeling the biophysical mechanisms underlying synaptic plasticity and learning in dendritic trees, the dynamics of neuronal networks in the outer plexiform layer of the retina, and modeling the integration of multiple synaptic inputs in muscle fiber.

Since morphology changes of synapses underlie synaptic plasticity and our learning and memory, this will provide us with many new insights into mechanisms of how neurons store information in their morphology, how it changes synaptic strength and ultimately how it creates new memory.

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They used a somewhat bizarre technique in which two mice were sutured together in such as way that they shared a circulatory system (known as parabiosis), and found old mice joined to their youthful counterparts showed changes in gene activity in a brain region called the hippocampus as well as increased neural connections and enhanced «synaptic plasticity» — a mechanism believed to underlie learning and memory in which the strength of neural connections change in response to experience.

Using these techniques, Dr. Watanabe is studying cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity.

Professor Martin's research focuses on the cell biology of transcription - dependent forms of synaptic plasticity, particularly those underlying learning and memory.

Researchers have discovered a new form of synaptic plasticity, the changes to nerve cells in the brain that underlie learning and memory.

Using these approaches in combination with genetics, molecular biology and biochemistry, we are studying the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic transmission and plasticity in mammalian central nervous system.

«We hope to gain a comprehensive understanding of the connectivity and synaptic plasticity mechanisms underlying higher brain functions,» says neuroscientist Kyungjin Kim, president of the Korea Brain Research Institute.

Increased perfusion to brain tissue, decreased body weight, upregulation of growth factors and improved synaptic plasticity may all be molecular mechanisms underlying the benefits of enrichment and activity therapies.