NeuroJC

Neuro* Journal Club at the Free University Berlin

Tagesarchiv für den 11. March 2012

Coincident firing of neurons can specify a synapse for later modulation

Yet another fascinating Nature article from the research group around Gilles Laurent. This article is built around the mechanisms underlying associative learning and plasticity in the mushroom bodies in insects. The area is known to be crucial for associative learning of odors and contains up to hundreds of thousands of neurons called Kenyon cells. Here […]

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