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HEBB SYNAPSE [2 records]

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Record 1 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

Hebbian synapse :Hebb proposed that a successful synapse is strenghened :"When an axon of cell A is near enough [the synaptic cleft hadn’t yet been seen in 1949] to excite cell B and repeatedly or persistently takes part in firing it, some growth process or metabolic change takes place in one or both cells such that A's efficiency, as one of the cells firing B, is increased.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
  • Comportement humain
CONT

L'ouvrage marquant publié en 1949, intitulé «The Organization of Behaviour» du psychologue de l'Université McGill, Donald O. Hebb, a introduit les concepts de «synapse hebbienne» et d'«assemblage cellulaire», qui sont des concepts fondamentaux en neuroscience computationnelle moderne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
  • Comportamiento humano
CONT

(...) la asociación entera puede llegar a estimularse rápidamente al difundirse a toda velocidad las señales excitadoras a través de las sinapsis hebbianas favorecidas.

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Record 2 1998-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Synapse which occurs whenever activities in a presynaptic cell (the cell supplying the synaptic input) and in a postsynaptic cell (the cell receiving the input) coincide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Synapse qui se manifeste quand l'activité des cellules présynaptiques (celles qui émettent les neurotransmetteurs) et des cellules postsynaptiques (celles qui reçoivent ces signaux chimiques) coïncident.

Spanish

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