Neuroscience

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Neurons grown from stem cells in a dish reveal clues about autism July 8, 2016   Neurons’ activity seemed to improve by adding IGF-1, which is known to enhance connections between neurons Why do the brains of up to 30 percent of people with autism spectrum disorder grow faster than usual, early in life? A new study co-led by Salk Institute scientists has used a new stem cell reprogramming technique to find out. Published July 6, 2016 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, the Salk team found that stem cell-derived … more… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Surprising discovery of highly dynamic changes in olfactory region of the adult mouse brain July 5, 2016

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS have made the surprising discovery that new neurons formed in the olfactory bulb of adult mice are constantly reorganizing the billions of synaptic contacts they establish among themselves (also described as constant structural plasticity). The researchers found this puzzling because constant structural plasticity is normally confined to …more…