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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·December 19, 2016·4 min read

          Baby Brain: Pregnancy Brain Changes Last 2 Years After Birth

          Study reports significant reduction in gray matter volume in brain regions associated with social cognition for up to two years following birth.
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          FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·January 2, 2017·10 min read

          Babies Exposed to Stimulation Get a Brain Boost

          Contrary to popular belief, exposing children to stimuli early can help to boost their development, researchers report.
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          ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·February 3, 2017·4 min read

          Brain Plasticity: How Adult Born Neurons Get Wired

          Researchers report adult neurogenesis not only helps increase the number of cells in a neural network, it also promotes plasticity in the existing network. Additionally, they have identified the role the Bax gene plays in synaptic pruning.
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          ·November 5, 2017·4 min read

          Why Our Brains Need Sleep, and What Happens If We Don’t Get Enough

          From consolidating memories to cleaning out toxins in the brain that accumulate during waking hours, researchers explore why sleep is so important and what happens when we don't get enough.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·November 30, 2017·4 min read

          Helping the Brain Prune Bad Habits

          Emory researchers report a drug approved in Japan for stroke, can help to stimulate neural pruning and help reduce habit driven behaviors in mice.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·January 4, 2018·3 min read

          Brain’s Immune System May Be Key to Better Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders

          Researchers investigate how synaptic pruning occurs during development in hopes of discovering how neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders occur.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·March 26, 2018·3 min read

          Captured on Film For the First Time: Microglia Nibbling on Synapses

          A new electronic microscopy study has captured microglia perform their role in synaptic pruning.
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          FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeurosciencePsychology
          ·April 17, 2018·2 min read

          Brain Development Influenced by Immune System

          A new study provides further evidence for immune system activation during pregnancy and disruptions in brain development. Many adult diseases, researchers say, may originate during fetal development.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·February 4, 2019·5 min read

          Excess Immune Pruning of Synapses in Neural Cells Derived From Patients with Schizophrenia

          Researchers have directly observed excessive synaptic pruning in cells derived from people with schizophrenia.
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          AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·June 4, 2019·4 min read

          Exercise fine-tunes brain’s connections, eases autism spectrum disorder in mouse model

          Participating in exercise improved synaptic pruning in mouse models of autism. The study also found microglia dependant synaptic pruning is impaired by maternal inflammation, which has been previously connected to the development of ASD.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·September 25, 2019·5 min read

          Brain anatomy changes with maturation to adolescence

          White matter tracts show increasing maturation with age from the back to the front of the brain. The maturations begin as a child reaches 9-12 years of age. The maturity correlates with a critical and formative period of development.
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          FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·January 14, 2020·3 min read

          Hyperactive immune system gene causes schizophrenia-like changes

          Study implicates C4, an immune system gene, in schizophrenia pathogenesis.
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