Contact: Dr. Mark Huebener
mark@neuro.mpg.de
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Store Room for Future Learning

Caption: Store room for future learning: nerve cells retain many of their newly created connections and if necessary, inactivate only transmission of the information. This makes relearning easier.

Credit: Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology / Hofer

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