Behavioral Timescale Cooperativity and Competitive Synaptic Interactions - Thomas O'Dell (UCLA Med)

Explore a 40-minute conference talk on "Behavioral Timescale Cooperativity & Competitive Synaptic Interactions" presented by Thomas O'Dell from UCLA Medical School. Delve into the neurobiology of learning, focusing on the challenge of bridging multiple timescales in associative learning. Examine how the brain associates events separated by varying time intervals, from seconds to weeks, despite known synaptic plasticity mechanisms operating on much shorter timescales. Gain insights into the molecular, cellular, and circuit-level mechanisms that support learning across different temporal scales. Recorded as part of the "Timescales of Plasticity and Underlying Mechanisms" conference at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, this talk contributes to an integrated analysis of statistical learning spanning molecular, cellular, circuit, and behavioral-level phenomena.