Brain plasticity and behaviour

大脑可塑性和行为

• 批准号: 677-2010
• 负责人: Kolb, Bryan
• 金额: $ 7.65万
• 依托单位: University of Lethbridge
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=520292
• 关键词: Brain; plasticity; behaviour

One of the major shifts in thinking about brain-behaviour relations in the past 25 years is the recognition that the brain is constantly changing. This variability in organization reflects the brain's capacity to alter its structure and function in reaction to environmental diversity, thus reflecting a capacity that is often referred to as brain plasticity. Although this term is now commonly used in psychology and neuroscience, it is not easily defined and is used to refer to changes at many levels in the nervous system ranging from molecular events, such as changes in gene expression, to behavior. The relationship between molecular or cellular changes and behavior is by no means clear and is plagued by the problems inherent in inferring causation from correlation.

在过去的25年里，关于大脑与行为关系的一个主要转变是认识到大脑是不断变化的。这种组织的可变性反映了大脑改变其结构和功能以应对环境多样性的能力，因此反映了通常被称为大脑可塑性的能力。 虽然这个术语现在常用于心理学和神经科学，但它并不容易定义，用于指神经系统中许多层面的变化，从分子事件（如基因表达的变化）到行为。 分子或细胞变化与行为之间的关系并不清楚，并且受到从相关性推断因果关系所固有的问题的困扰。