Neuron circuits rewire themselves in response to sensory input
December 19, 2007
Results from new study report the discovery that neuron circuits are constantly rewiring themselves in order to identify and discriminate between sensory input. It was previously thought that the circuits were anatomically determined and only changed slowly over time. The study comes from the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC), comprised of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. Recently published in Nature Neuronscience, the study examined the process of lateral inhibition in the olfactory bulb.
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