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plasticity

[pla-stis-i-tee] / plæˈstɪs ɪ ti /


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Even more interesting, the brain became better at recognizing them over time, suggesting that learning or neural plasticity was still taking place during anesthesia.

From Science Daily Jun. 29, 2026

The researchers also found that caffeine administered before sleep deprivation restored synaptic communication in the CA2 region and returned plasticity to normal levels.

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

Despite a noticeable lack of force, directness, and plasticity in the characterization, the vie intérieure is most convincingly expressed.

From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto




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