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18 lis 2015 · MIT neuroscientists have discovered a novel mechanism that contributes to the strengthening of these connections, also called synapses. At each synapse, a presynaptic neuron sends chemical signals to one or more postsynaptic receiving cells.
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18 lis 2020 · Focusing on the brain became possible with the development of techniques that allowed us to take neurons out of the brain and watch, in a dish, as they form networks. So we can start to assess how synapses form, function and disappear in the complex networks they form even outside of the brain.
15 mar 2023 · A rapidly developing area is the in vivo study of synapses in the human brain. This is a reasonably non-invasive technique that can provide insight into disease progression and how synapses correlate with phenotypic change.
5 lip 2021 · The diverse computational properties of synapses are shaped by the interactions between pre- and postsynaptic neurons. How synapses are assembled to form a neural circuit, and how the specificity of synaptic connections is achieved, is largely unknown.
Since regulation of synaptic strength is key to neural plasticity and learning and memory, moving forward it will be important to investigate how CPTX impacts existing synapses and the balance of excitation and inhibition.
For the brain to be able to learn and adapt, it needs the connections, called synapses, to be able to strengthen or weaken. A new study by neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory helps to explain why strong synapses are stronger, and how they get that way.
22 sie 2024 · Synapses connect neurons into cellular microcircuits and brain-wide networks. Through these cellular structures, neurons communicate by sending electrical and chemical messages to subserve...
