Plasticity in single neuron and circuit computations
Alain Destexhe and Eve Marder
Nature 431: 789-795, 2004.
Abstract
Plasticity in neural circuits can result from alterations in synaptic
strength or connectivity, as well as from changes in the excitability of
the neurons themselves. To better understand the role of plasticity in
the brain, we need to establish how brain circuits work and the kinds of
computations that different circuit structures achieve. By linking
theoretical and experimental studies, we are beginning to reveal the
consequences of plasticity mechanisms for network dynamics, in both
simple invertebrate circuits and the complex circuits of mammalian
cerebral cortex.
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