Posts Tagged ‘synaptic connections’
On neuroplasticity, young brains, and smartphones
Neuroplasticity and Smart Phones (Psychiatric Times): In medical school, I was taught that the brain is hardwired at birth. During the past 30 years, neuroscience has definitively shown that this is not the case at all. As our understanding of brain development advanced, it became clear that, during the first 3 years of life, neurons in…
Read MoreLandmark study on neural circuits shows that “cells that fire together wire together,” refining the popular “Use it or lose it”
Research on largest network of cortical neurons to date profiled (Medical Xpress): “Even the simplest networks of neurons in the brain are composed of millions of connections, and examining these vast networks is critical to understanding how the brain works. An international team of researchers
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