Neuroscientists believe that synaptic plasticity, as these changes are called, plays an important role in storing memories.

Synaptic plasticity is the biological process by which specific patterns of synaptic activity result in changes in synaptic strength and is thought to contribute to learning and memory.

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

New research from the University of Chicago challenges long-held beliefs about how synaptic plasticity contributes to memory ...

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

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We are no longer updating the Centre for Synaptic Plasticity section of the website. The British Library's UK Web Archive has archived the pages. Visit the last archived version of the Centre for ...

New research on the hippocampus, a brain area essential for memory, suggests that new rules of synaptic plasticity best explain how brain activity continually reshapes the way memories are recorded in ...

The group focuses on studying the mechanisms guiding activity-dependent development of glutamatergic circuitry in the limbic system and in particular, the roles of ionotropic glutamate receptors in ...

The Brain Prize recognizes the three scientists’ research on the molecular mechanisms behind neural plasticity: the brain’s ability to rewire connections as it learns, develops, heals from injury, and ...