CYTOSKELETAL INVOLVEMENT IN NEURONAL LEARNING - A REVIEW

This paper introduces the ideas of neural networks in the context of c urrently recognized cellular structures within neurons. Neural network models and paradigms require adaptation of synapses for learning to o ccur in the network. Some models of learning paradigms require informa tion to move from axon to dendrite. This motivated us to examine the p ossibility of intracellular signaling to mediate such signals. The cyt oskeleton forms a substrate for intracellular signaling via material t ransport and other putative mechanisms. Furthermore, many experimental results suggest a link between the cytoskeleton and cognitive process ing. In this paper we review research on intracellular signaling in th e context of neural network learning.