plasticity

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The connection caught researchers' attention because other studies have linked declining D-serine levels with aging-related cognitive impairment and reduced synaptic plasticity, the brain's ability to strengthen neural connections involved in memory and learning.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

More recent neuroscience research has continued to explore how synaptic plasticity supports lifelong learning.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

They rely on plasticity, the brain's ability to adapt by strengthening or weakening connections or by altering structure.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Previously, scientists believed gene therapies for hearing loss had to be administered in the first few years of life before the window closed on brain plasticity, said Jonathon Whitton, Regeneron’s lead researcher on this drug.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

This can be interpreted as a measure of the frequency of adaptive plasticity versus adaptive conservatism; five of the 24 plottings show a plastic character, 19 a conservative.

From The Breeding Birds of Kansas by Johnston, Richard F.