Study Discovers New Theory of Synapse Formation in the Brain

Throughout a person's lifetime, the human brain continues to change. The brain continually creates new connections, while synapses that are no longer in use degenerate. To date, little is known about the mechanisms behind these processes. Julich neuroinformatician Dr. Markus Butz has now been able to ascribe the formation of new neural networks in the visual cortex to a simple homeostatic rule that is also the basis of many other self-regulating processes in nature. With this ...

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