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·January 8, 2019·4 min read

Childhood Stress Affects Behavior of Offspring: Mouse Study

Researchers report on the epigenetic effect of early life stress. In a new study, researchers reveal mice who experienced stress in the first few weeks of life showed deterioration in memory, learning and maternal behaviors. Behavioral changes were seen in their later offspring, regardless of sex.

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·January 8, 2019·5 min read

Brain Plasticity Restored in Adult Mice Through Targeting Specific Neural Connections

Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism which appears to be critical for the maturation of brain function, and may be used to restore plasticity in the aging brain.

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·October 24, 2018·4 min read

To See What’s Right in Front of You, Your Brain May Need Some Rewiring

Researchers provide new evidence of brain plasticity. A new study reveals visual cortex neurons sprout new axons and shed some old ones as animals improve at perceptual learning tasks.

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·October 23, 2018·5 min read

Neurons Reliably Respond to Straight Lines

Researchers report single neurons in the primary visual cortex can reliably detect straight lines, even though the makeup of the cell is constantly changing.

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·October 18, 2018·4 min read

Astrocytes Have an Unexpected Role in Brain Plasticity

A new study reports a protein made by astrocytes plays a critical role in brain plasticity by assisting with neural maturation and flexibility.

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·October 17, 2018·2 min read

Hippocampus Yields Clues to Treatment Strategies for Cognitive Deficits in Multiple Sclerosis

Researchers report hippocampal plasticity can be improved by aerobic exercise and memory retraining for those with MS.

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·October 14, 2018·4 min read

Previous Motherhood Could Affect Hormone Therapy’s Ability to Prevent Memory Loss

A new study reports mother rats who received hormone replacement therapy responded worse to memory and spatial learning tasks than those who had not given birth. Researchers suggest a woman's reproductive history could impact how the brain responds to hormones later in life.

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·October 14, 2018·5 min read

Two Seemingly Opposing Forces in the Brain Cooperate to Enhance Memory Formation

Researchers say homeostatic synaptic plasticity facilitates Hebbian plasticity, influencing memory formation and learning.

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·October 11, 2018·4 min read

Researchers Unexpectedly Reprogram Mature Neurons in Mice

Researchers have made a surprise discovery that could help provide treatment options for a range of conditions from Parkinson's disease to depression. Researching how to transform supportive brain cells into neurons, the scientists unexpectedly transformed mature inhibitory striatal neurons into dopamine producing neurons.

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·September 19, 2018·3 min read

New Insight Into Aging

Researchers report plasticity is dysregulated in older brains, but increasing levels of GABA can induce longer lasting changes in the auditory cortex.

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·August 1, 2018·4 min read

Rewiring the Brain to Fight Epilepsy

Sema4D not only reduces the severity of seizures in mouse models of epilepsy, it also helps to increase the number of inhibitory synapses in the brains of the animals, researchers report.

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·July 31, 2018·5 min read

Long Term Study of a Boy’s Lobectomy Offers Rare Glimpse of Plasticity in Action

Researchers report, following a lobectomy, the left hemisphere of the brain compensated for visual tasks in a young boy. The findings, researchers say, provide a detailed characterization of plasticity in the developing brain.

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