- Central Institute (RIKEN CBS)
Mechanisms controlling the variability of synaptic strengths in defined synaptic circuits
Principal Investigator
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Yukiko Goda
Synaptic Plasticity and Connectivity
Synapses are essential nodes of information transmission in the brain, and dynamic changes in the efficacy of synaptic transmission play a fundamental role in cognitive functions including emotion, computation, perception and learning and memory. Our research seeks to understand how individual synapses acquire a particular strength, and how the strength of individual synapses is dynamically modified by network activity and in relationship to other synapses sharing the network.