neural plasticity

Pregnancy hormones help mice prepare to take care of their young by altering activity in neurons.

Brain tumors use the brain’s plasticity to promote their own growth.

The DishBrain system can send and receive electrophysiological signals to and from living neurons, training the cells to accomplish a task.

Intestinal bacteria contribute to the effect of stimulating environments on the brain’s ability to adapt, a study concludes.

A study in two macaques reveals the importance of increasing connectivity between muscles and the reticulospinal tract that runs from the brain stem down the spinal cord.

Conflicting results on the existence of new neurons in adults have researchers designing new ways to identify and count neuronal progenitors—and finally get to the bottom of neurogenesis.

Neural plasticity wanes with age, but increasing the protein Arc—abundant earlier in life—in the visual cortex of mice can fend off this decline.

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