Stanford Bio-X Seminar: Tobias Bonhoeffer - "How Experience Changes Synapses in the Mammalian Brain"

Jul 16, 2015 (Thu) | 12:00 PM -1:00 PM

James H. Clark Center, 318 Campus Drive, Clark Auditorium : Stanford, CA

Abstract: One of the most fundamental properties of the brain is its ability to adapt rapidly to environmental changes. This is achieved mainly by changes in the synaptic connectivity between individual nerve cells. Synapses can be modulated in their these, both from a cellular perspective and from a systems perspective, in which we study how functional and structural changes in synaptic connections support experience-dependent plasticity and learning. Studying the effects of experience on synaptic changes in cortical circuits has been hugely helped by novel imaging methods.

Department: BioX

Contact: Christina Huber | 650-725-7472 | chuber@stanford.edu

Presenter(s):

Tobias Bonhoeffer Visiting Professor, Biology; Director: Max Planck Institute

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