Neuroscientists once thought that the brain’s wiring was fixed in early life, but the pioneering research of National Academy of Sciences member Charles Gilbert continues to show that the adult brain is remarkably dynamic. Evidence supporting that view is presented in Gilbert and colleagues’ studies of the neural mechanisms underlying visual perception, learning, and memory. Gilbert, the Arthur and Janet Ross Professor of Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University, and his team have discovered long-range, lateral neuronal connections within the visual cortex and have determined that this region of cells at the back of the brain is capable of altering its functional properties and circuitry. Gilbert and colleagues’ latest work strengthens evidence for a new general theory of brain function that helps explain the brain’s plasticity and provides insight into how recovery may occur following certain lesions and neurodegenerative disease, such as macular degeneration.

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查尔斯·吉尔伯特（Charles D. Gilbert）的个人资料

神经科学家曾经认为，大脑的连线在生命的早期是固定的，但是美国国家科学院成员查尔斯·吉尔伯特（Charles Gilbert）的开创性研究继续表明，成年大脑非常活跃。吉尔伯特（Gilbert）及其同事对视觉感知，学习和记忆背后的神经机制的研究提供了支持该观点的证据。洛克菲勒大学神经科学教授亚瑟（Arthur）和珍妮特·罗斯（Janet Ross）教授吉尔伯特（Gilbert）及其团队发现了视觉皮层内部的长距离，侧向神经元连接，并确定了大脑后部的这一区域的细胞能够改变其大脑皮层。功能特性和电路。