Keeping your brain in balance: Homeostatic regulation of network function

Dr. Gina Turrigiano is a professor of Vision Science at Brandeis University.

Neocortical networks must generate and maintain stable activity patterns despite perturbations induced by learning and experience- dependent plasticity. Here I will discuss how network stability is maintained through the expression of homeostatic plasticity mechanisms that adjust synaptic and neuronal properties, and how this plasticity enables networks to operate within an optimal computational range. I’ll discuss recent work on the role of sleep and wake states in gating homeostatic plasticity, and present evidence that learning can re-set homeostatic set points.

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Hosted by Dr. Kristen Harris

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