Neurol. praxi. 2009;10(2):83-85
Neuroplasticity
- Psychiatrická klinika SZU a FNsP a Ústav neuropsychiatrie SZU, Bratislava
Neuroplasticity is a fundamental and critically important mechanism of neuronal functioning by which the brain receives and processes
information while adapting and modifying itself in an interaction of its genetically determined variations and environmental stimuli.
The paper presents an overview of elementary mechanisms of neuronal plasticity, particularly at a molecular level, as well as of their
possible transformation into more complex brain activity.
Keywords: neuroplasticity, neuronal signalling, protein kinases, gene expression, electrical level of brain activity, molecular level of brain activity, brain programs.
Published: May 1, 2009 Show citation
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