Activity-dependent modification of synapses is a powerful mechanism for shaping and modifying the response properties of neurons, but it is also dangerous. Unless changes in synaptic strength across ...

In many chronic neurological disorders, manifold changes in intrinsic membrane properties have been associated with disease pathophysiology. These changes are termed intrinsic plasticity and can ...

Research in mice reveals a new way that brain plasticity is controlled — providing a long-awaited insight into how critical periods of learning close in early life. Scientists discovered that the ...