Dendritic spine – Knowing Neurons

A Tale of Plasticities

August 15, 2018September 7, 2018 Cameron McKay Adult neurogenesis, Axon, Axons, Basic science, Brain, Cells, Connections, Cortex, Dendrite, Dendrites, Dendritic spine, Development, environment, Experience-dependent plasticity, Gray matter, Hippocampus, Human memory, Humans, Juggling, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Marian Diamond, Memories, Memory, MRI, MRI research, Neurodevelopment, Neurogenesis, Neurons, Neuroplasticity, Plasticity, Rats, Research, Science, Synapse, Synaptic pruning, Synaptogenesis, Taxi drivers, TBI, Traumatic brain injury, White matter

You may have heard it repeated in the media and pop culture that humans’ brains don’t change at all after birth. However, the past several decades of neuroscience research have… Read more

Aging Brain Development

Smells Like Teen Synapses: A Look Inside Adolescent Brains and Behaviors

November 18, 2015March 5, 2017 knowingneurons Adolescent, Adult, Dendrite, Dendritic spine, Development, Emotion, Mindfulness, Plasticity, Prefrontal Cortex, Ronald Dahl, Synaptogenesis, Teenager, Teens, Ventral striatum

“I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child,… Read more