Increased synaptic plasticity the ability of synapses to adjust their strength, which is essential to healthy brain function could be the neurobiological reason for the apparent therapeutic effect in patients.

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The nervous system has plasticity.

Our superorganismal features are also reflected in evolution, where our survival as primates relied on our collective abilities. Over time, the neocortical regions evolved to permit the modulation of primitive instincts and the overriding of hedonistic impulses for the benefit of the group. Our selfish genes have come to promote reciprocal social behaviors in superorganismal structures, effectively discarding the notion of survival of the fittest .

This lifelong capacity for plasticity, for brain change, is powerfully expressed.

Because the brain has been found to have an enormous plasticity.

And the scientific mission would be to test the limits of visual plasticity.

This type of sensory substitution is only possible due to the plasticity of the brain.

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A.S. Khan and S. Huang, Continuum Theory of Plasticity, Wiley (1995).

Now in this early period of plasticity the brain actually changes outside of a learning context.

Plasticity means that there was always hope for our reason hope for our ability to rebuild that function.

You have experiences which drive energy and information through synaptic connections, you then increase as electricity flows down the long length of the neuron.

Sensory substitution concerns human perception and the plasticity of the human brain and therefore, allows us to study these aspects of neuroscience more through neuroimaging.

This binding site is the synaptic vesicle protein 2A, believed to be involved in vesicle fusion and neurotransmitter exocytosis.

Medicines shown during clinical trials not to interfere with DaTSCAN imaging include amantadine, trihexyphenidyl, budipine, levodopa, metoprolol, primidone, propranolol and selegiline.

The end of the axon has branching terminals (axon terminal) that release neurotransmitters into a gap called the synaptic cleft between the terminals and the dendrites of the next neuron.

Every time a young baby learns something new to focus its eyes, to mimic a movement or a facial expression, to pick something up, to form a word or to sit up new synaptic connections are being built in the brain.

Every time a young baby learns something new to focus its eyes, to mimic a movement or a facial expression, to pick something up, to form a word or to sit up new synaptic connections are being built in the brain.

Unlike the smashed glass of my car, plasticity of the brain means that there was always a possibility, with treatment, to train the brain so that you can regain and raise your level of awareness and consciousness.

And if you actually look in their brains, you see that they're flooded with these neurotransmitters that are really good at inducing learning and plasticity, and the inhibitory parts haven't come on yet.

Prakash, in its five years of existence, it's had an impact in multiple areas, ranging from basic neuroscience plasticity and learning in the brain, to clinically relevant hypotheses like in autism, the development of autonomous machine vision systems, education of the undergraduate and graduate students, and most importantly in the alleviation of childhood blindness.

So, to summarize Prakash, in its five years of existence, it's had an impact in multiple areas, ranging from basic neuroscience plasticity and learning in the brain, to clinically relevant hypotheses like in autism, the development of autonomous machine vision systems, education of the undergraduate and graduate students, and most importantly in the alleviation of childhood blindness.

So it's the same way, like those action video games have a number of ingredients that are actually really powerful for brain plasticity, learning, attention, vision, etc., and so we need and we're working on understanding what are those active ingredients so that we can really then leverage them to deliver better games, either for education or for rehabilitation of patients.