U. of Rochester 22/03/16 : "The brain’s network of connections is like a garden, said R. Lowery [...] a co-author of the study. “Not only does it require nourishment and a healthy environment, but every once in a while you need to prune dead branches and pull up weeds in order to allow new flowers to grow"...
While this constant reorganization of neural networks – called neuroplasticity – has been well understood for some time, the basic mechanisms by which connections between brain cells are made and broken has eluded scientists...
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