Patterns of activity and their neuronal representations ... "These changes in representation, during learning and after, must be driven by synaptic plasticity, but what kind of plasticity exactly?

A new study reveals that the thalamus, long overshadowed by the cortex and hippocampus, plays a crucial role in shaping and updating brain connections.

Researchers have developed DELTA, a powerful new imaging method that maps brain-wide synaptic changes during learning.

Neurons communicate with each other by passing millisecond-long signals across tiny junctions called synapses. Experiences ...

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