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 Experiments in mice show that the brain’s ability to adapt might not disappear with age. Transplanting fetal neurons into the brains of young mice opens a new window on neural plasticity, or flexibility in the brain’s neural circuits. The research, published [...] 
Think back to high school biology. Remember the long, stringy neurons that make up your nervous system? You probably learned that these cells communicate by sending a chemical message across the small gap between them, called a synapse. [...] 
The human brain is a glutton, consuming 20% of our body’s energy even though it accounts for only 2% of our mass. New research, however, suggests that little of that energy goes to power the brain’s electrical [...] |
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