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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Neurosci. 2009 Nov 11;10(12):873–884. doi: 10.1038/nrn2741
Measurement Plasticity Adaptation
Temporal scale of cause Longer than inciting factor Short (∼tracking input statistics)
Temporal scale of effect Long Short (∼tracking input statistics)
Anatomical connectivity Likely to change Unlikely to change
Receptive field: space May change May change
Receptive field: gain May change May change
Reversibility Not typical, or takes long Yes