Have we been hebbing down the wrong path?
In this issue of Neuron, Stepanyants, Hof, and Chklovskii derive a simple mathematical formula to calculate, from measurable anatomical parameters, the capacity for neuronal wiring plasticity involving local synaptic rearrangements. Their work provides a deeper understanding of the potential contribution of structural plasticity to learning and memory.
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Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
D000818:Animals; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*