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ReviewNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2018

Rewiring the connectome: Evidence and effects.

Sophie H Bennett, Alastair J Kirby, Gerald T Finnerty

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Review in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Sophie H BennettDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, UK.
Alastair J KirbyDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, UK.
Gerald T FinnertyDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, UK. Electronic address: gerald.finnerty@kcl.ac.uk.

Funding

Medical Research Council 1847459
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuronal connections form the physical basis for communication in the brain. Recently, there has been much interest in mapping the "connectome" to understand how brain structure gives rise to brain function, and ultimately, to behaviour. These attempts to map the connectome have largely assumed that connections are stable once formed. Recent studies, however, indicate that connections in mammalian brains may undergo rewiring during learning and experience-dependent plasticity. This suggests that the connectome is more dynamic than previously thought. To what extent can neural circuitry be rewired in the healthy adult brain? The connectome has been subdivided into multiple levels of scale, from synapses and microcircuits through to long-range tracts. Here, we examine the evidence for rewiring at each level. We then consider the role played by rewiring during learning. We conclude that harnessing rewiring offers new avenues to treat brain diseases.

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AnimalsBrainConnectomeHumansLearningNerve NetNeuronal PlasticitySynapsesAxonBehaviourCognitionComputationalCortexDendritefMRILearningMemoryNetworkNeuronNeuropsychiatricStrokeSynapse

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PMID29540321
PMCPMC5903872

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