plasticity
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The research is part of a larger effort to understand how plasticity in the brain's sensory systems contributes to learning and long-term memory.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
The researchers then performed electrophysiological recordings on hippocampal tissue samples to assess synaptic plasticity, the brain's ability to strengthen or weaken connections between nerve cells in response to experience and learning.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026
"If you start with an already functional synapse, that plasticity protocol doesn't work," Harnett says.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 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
N Naegeli, biological units, 30; cross-fertilization and grafting compared, 69; heredity, 92; environment in development, 104; on plasticity of plants, 119; on specific characters of eggs, 134.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar
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