Functional characterization of cortical plasticity in the visual cortex of adult mice KU Leuven
Neuroplasticity is the mammalian brain’s capability to adapt structurally and functionally to changing inputs from the environment. It allows the brain to develop, learn and remember or to recover from injury to the central or peripheral nervous system. Partial or complete sensory loss can as such be compensated by the spared part of the affected modality (unimodal plasticity) or by other non-injured senses (cross-modal plasticity). In young ...