While trying to figure out how connections between neurons change with experience to give rise to learning, the Neural Circuits and Behaviour Lab accidentally stumbled upon an important finding: the existence of a strong link between walking speed and learning speed in mice.
Their discovery was recently published in the journal Nature Neuroscience: Albergaria C, Silva NT, Pritchett DL, Carey MR. (2018). Locomotor activity modulates associative learning in mouse cerebellum. Nat Neurosci. 21(5):725-735.
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Enquanto tentavam perceber como as ligações entre neurónios mudam com a experiência para dar origem à aprendizagem, cientistas do laboratório de Circuitos Neurais e Comportamento fizeram acidentalmente uma descoberta importante: a existência de uma forte correlação entre a velocidade de marcha e a velocidade de aprendizagem em ratinhos.
O seu resultado foi recentemente publicado na revista Nature Neuroscience: Albergaria C, Silva NT, Pritchett DL, Carey MR. (2018). Locomotor activity modulates associative learning in mouse cerebellum. Nat Neurosci. 21(5):725-735.
Alexandre Azinheira is a Visual Artist and works as a Multimedia Producer at the SciCom Unit of the CCU; Liad Hollender works as a Science Writer at the Science Communication Office at Champalimaud Research
Edited by: Catarina Ramos & Ana Gerschenfeld(Science Communication office).
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