Reacción a "Synapses in individual neurons do not follow a single strategy during learning as previously thought"

Using advanced in vivo neuroimaging techniques, this article describes the functional dynamics and the different synaptic changes that occur in different types of dendrites (basal or apical) of the same neuron in the motor cortex of the rodent brain as the basis of the synaptic plasticity that makes learning possible.

Apart from the modern imaging technique used, these findings reveal that the mechanisms of synaptic potentiation in the mammalian brain are more varied and complex than previously known. The work is of particular interest to specialists in precise neuronal physiology.