Special Topics The changing brain

x. Dendritic spines and their stability across development

Long-term dendritic spine stability in the adult cortex

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12490949

Transient and Persistent Dendritic Spines in the Neocortex In Vivo

http://research.mssm.edu/cnic/pdfs/svoboda05_TransientSpines.pdf

Experience-dependent and cell-type-specific spine growth in the neocortex

http://research.janelia.org/wiki/download/attachments/4620357/Holtmaat+A%2C+Wilbrecht+L%2C+Knott+GW%2C+Welker+E%2C+Svoboda+K.+%282006%29.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1236618924000

Development of Long-Term Dendritic Spine Stability in Diverse Regions of Cerebral Cortex

http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0896627305003090/1-s2.0-S0896627305003090-main.pdf?_tid=3d4353628468d5303ad8e127443f0559&acdnat=1338625346_de9a58b0efb0070143b24ea31fd54a7b

Long-term sensory deprivation prevents dendritic spine loss in primary somatosensory cortex.

Choice of cranial window type for in vivo imaging affects dendritic spine turnover in the cortex.

Stably maintained dendritic spines are associated with lifelong memories

Yang G, Pan F, Gan WB.

x. Adult neurogenesis

How widespread is adult neurogenesis in mammals?

http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v8/n6/full/nrn2147.html

gone with the wean

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v478/n7369/full/478333a.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20111020

http://sites.lafayette.edu/neur401-sp10/what-is-neurogenesis/a-timeline-of-research-adult-mammalian-neurogenesis/

x. Spike timing dependent plasticity

A history of spike timing dependent plasticity

http://www.frontiersin.org/Synaptic_Neuroscience/10.3389/fnsyn.2011.00004/abstract

Spike timing – an incomplete description of neural code

http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2202-8-s2-p149.pdf

http://neuroelectrodynamics.blogspot.com/

Gamma oscillations

http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2011/07/gamma-waves-brains-clock-or-neural.html

x. Long term potentiation, pre or post synaptic?
silent synapses during development of thalamocortical inputs