Neural strategies for learning during sensitive periods of development

S Bottjer - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2002 - Springer
Precise patterns of neural connectivity and synaptic communication are modified by
experience during restricted" sensitive" periods of development, and the circuitry and …

Neural correlates of sensitive periods in avian song learning.

KW Nordeen - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1997 - europepmc.org
A wide range of neural events takes place during avian song learning, including changes in
receptor systems and synaptic organization and the wholesale production and growth of …

Time for new thinking about sensitive periods

V Penhune, E de Villers-Sidani - Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The impact of training or experience is not the same at all points in development. Children
who receive music lessons, or learn a second language before age 7–8 are more proficient …

Synaptic learning rules, cortical circuits, and visual function

H Yao, Y Dan - The Neuroscientist, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Sensory experience is essential for the refinement of neuronal circuits during development
and for learning and memory in the adult brain. Such experience-dependent plasticity is …

Developmental modulation of the temporal relationship between brain and behavior

SR Crandall, N Aoki, TA Nick - Journal of Neurophysiology, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
Humans and songbirds shape learned vocalizations during a sensorimotor sensitive period
or “babbling” phase. The brain mechanisms that underlie the shaping of vocalizations by …

Synaptic and molecular mechanisms regulating plasticity during early learning

KW Nordeen, EJ Nordeen - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Many behaviors are learned most easily during a discrete developmental period, and it is
generally agreed that these “sensitive periods” for learning reflect the developmental …

The applicability of spike time dependent plasticity to development

DA Butts, PO Kanold - Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience, 2010 - frontiersin.org
Spike time dependent plasticity (STDP) has been observed in both developing and adult
animals. Theoretical studies suggest that it implicitly leads to both competition and …

Developmental plasticity in neural circuits for a learned behavior

SW Bottjer, AP Arnold - Annual review of neuroscience, 1997 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The neural substrate underlying learned vocal behavior in songbirds provides a
textbook illustration of anatomical localization of function for a complex learned behavior in …

Critical periods for experience-dependent synaptic scaling in visual cortex

NS Desai, RH Cudmore, SB Nelson… - Nature …, 2002 - nature.com
The mechanisms underlying experience-dependent plasticity and refinement of central
circuits are not yet fully understood. A non-Hebbian form of synaptic plasticity, which scales …

[HTML][HTML] Experience-dependent plasticity in the developing brain

I Skaliora - International Congress Series, 2002 - Elsevier
The extent to which individual experiences can shape our cognitive and emotional
behaviour has been an issue of intense debate and study for centuries, and the topic takes …