Activity-independent neuronal network formation in the brain
Research report (imported) 2017 - Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
Summary
According to the current dogma in neuroscience, neurons in the brain must communicate actively with each other to establish functional networks. Recent results now demonstrate that neurons in a brain region that is critically involved in learning and memory processes can connect and form structurally normal networks without active signal transmission at their synaptic contact points.