(September 20, 2016 at 12:21 pm)Mathilda Wrote: I would also add that the brain does more than just sends signals between neurons as suggested by #3. Dendritic trees non-linearly sum inputs. Modulators act over a longer time scale than transmitters. Neurons also habituate or become more sensitive depending on history of their firing rate. There are various forms of inhibition too. Synapses grow stronger or weaker over time by manipulating three variables, no of release vesicle sites, probability of release and strength of signal. We don't know if dendritic spines or glial cells perform any computation or not.
Yes I will get to synapses next
