Organ or Tissue Function
neuronal plasticity
neu·ron·al plas·tic·i·ty
Subclass of:
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Definitions related to neuronal plasticity:
  • (neural plasticity) Ability of mature nerves and neurons to adapt their functional and morphological characteristics to environmental influences, such as during learning or compensation after loss.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The capacity of the NERVOUS SYSTEM to change its reactivity as the result of successive activations.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Neuroplasticity, capacity of neurons and neural networks in the brain to change their connections and behaviour in response to new information, sensory stimulation, development, damage, or dysfunction. Although some neural functions appear to be hard-wired in specific, localized regions of the...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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