Solving the Puzzle of Synaptic Plasticity

A sensory experience is associated either with other stimuli or with a certain type of behaviour in the process of learning. The neurons in the cerebral cortex that transmit the information modify the synaptic connections that they have with the other neurons. A generally-accepted model of synaptic plasticity explains that a neuron that communicates with others of the same kind emits an electrical impulse as well as activating its synapses transiently. This electrical ...