Recent scientific evidence suggests consciousness is more than just a function of the brain and three theories have emerged ...

A new study published in Science has found that neurons in the brain do not follow a single strategy when learning. Instead, different parts of the same neuron—its upper and lower branches—adjust ...

Apical Dendrites: Synapses here strengthened when activated alongside neighboring synapses, indicating a reliance on local activity patterns. ...

Surprisingly, each dendrite type followed different rules for synaptic strengthening during learning. Specifically, the team found that synapses on apical dendrites became stronger when activated ...

These are called apical and basal dendrites, respectively, and the study’s results suggest that they have distinctly different functions.

In apical dendrites, synapses were strengthened when they were coactive with nearby neighbors, suggesting that plasticity here is governed by local interactions between adjacent inputs.

In apical dendrites, synapses were strengthened when they were coactive with nearby neighbors, suggesting that plasticity here is governed by local interactions between adjacent inputs.

We utilize the segregated apical dendrites in the hidden layer to implement the credit assignment and coordinate the distribution of information flow. The introduction of SFA serves as the teaching ...

In the tuft dendrites, which receive input from the thalamus, it appears that NMDA spikes can be generated, but not very easily. Like the apical oblique dendrites, the tuft dendrites have a low ...