The mammalian cerebral cortex is composed of neurons whose properties vary in a continuous fashion rather than falling into discrete cell types. In the mouse visual cortex, excitatory neurons in layer...

A temporally asymmetric synaptic plasticity kernel results from bidirectional modifications of synaptic weights around the induction of a place field.

Libé-Philippot et al. investigate the mechanisms underlying the prolonged synaptic development characteristic of human cortical neurons. They demonstrate that the human-specific genes SRGAP2B/C are re...