An essential feature of the brain is its capacity to change. Neuroscientists use the term
'plasticity'to describe the malleability of neuronal connectivity and circuitry. How does …

Brain structural plasticity is an extraordinary tool that allows the mature brain to adapt to
environmental changes, to learn, to repair itself after lesions or disease, and to slow aging. A …

Plasticity, and in particular, neurogenesis, is a promising target to treat and prevent a wide
variety of diseases (eg, epilepsy, stroke, dementia). There are different types of plasticity …

Abstract “Neural plasticity” refers to the capacity of the nervous system to modify itself,
functionally and structurally, in response to experience and injury. As the various chapters in …

Background Neuroplasticity refers to the inherently dynamic biological capacity of the central
nervous system (CNS) to undergo maturation, change structurally and functionally in …

The potency of the environment to shape brain function changes dramatically across the
lifespan. Neural circuits exhibit profound plasticity during early life and are later stabilized. A …

Neuronal plasticity in the brain is greatly enhanced during critical periods early in life and
was long thought to be rather limited thereafter. Studies in primary sensory areas of the …

Abstract Development and learning are powerful agents of change across the lifespan that
induce robust structural and functional plasticity in neural systems. An unresolved question …

A growing number of research publications have illustrated the remarkable ability of the
brain to reorganize itself in response to various sensory experiences. A traditional view of …

Evolutionary concepts such as adaptation and maladaptation have been used by
neuroscientists to explain brain properties and mechanisms. In particular, one of the most …