Which process describes the brain's ability to form new connections between neurons in response to experience or injury?

Which process describes the brain's ability to form new connections between neurons in response to experience or injury?

• A. Neurogenesis
• B. Neural Transmission
• C. Neuroplasticity
• D. Synaptogenesis

Answer: (C)

Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to adapt by changing how neurons connect and communicate. When you learn from experience or recover from injury, neural networks can rewire themselves: existing connections can be strengthened or weakened, and new synaptic links can form to create more efficient pathways. This broad capacity to reorganize underlies skills, recovery after damage, and changes in behavior. Synaptogenesis is a specific part of this process—formation of new synapses—while neurogenesis refers to producing new neurons, which happens in a few brain areas and is not the general description of forming new connections in response to experience. Neural transmission is simply the signaling between neurons, not about changing the network itself.

Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to adapt by changing how neurons connect and communicate. When you learn from experience or recover from injury, neural networks can rewire themselves: existing connections can be strengthened or weakened, and new synaptic links can form to create more efficient pathways. This broad capacity to reorganize underlies skills, recovery after damage, and changes in behavior. Synaptogenesis is a specific part of this process—formation of new synapses—while neurogenesis refers to producing new neurons, which happens in a few brain areas and is not the general description of forming new connections in response to experience. Neural transmission is simply the signaling between neurons, not about changing the network itself.