Brain's 'pulse generators' grow and shrink as memories are formed, study finds
Memories and learning processes are based on changes in the brain's neuronal connections, and as a result, in signal transmission between neurons.
Dec 23, 2025
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Organ or Tissue Function: Neuronal Plasticity
Medical news and research articles
How do brains stay stable, and when might a dose of flexibility be helpful?
Young minds are easily molded. Each new experience rewires a child's brain circuitry, adding and removing synaptic connections between neurons. These wiring patterns become more stable with age, but biology has left some ...
Dec 17, 2025
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Inhibitory neurons in the amygdala can flexibly shape emotional learning and memory
Neurons that specifically reduce and modulate electrical brain activity have a greater influence on emotional memories than previously thought. DZNE researchers came to this conclusion based on studies in mice. A team led ...
Nov 28, 2025
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Meditation retreat rapidly reprograms body and mind, brain monitoring reveals
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found that an intensive retreat combining multiple mind-body techniques, including meditation and healing practices, produced rapid and wide-ranging changes in brain ...
Nov 6, 2025
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'Split-brain' study finds just a few fibers enable communication between the two hemispheres
Just a few fibers are enough for the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate with each other. This was shown by a new international study led by Professor Dr. Michael Miller (University of California, Santa Barbara) and ...
Oct 30, 2025
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Physio at 3 months old—or even earlier—can really help babies with cerebral palsy
Physiotherapy isn't just for adults recovering from injuries. Physiotherapists can help babies and children, too—including babies with, or at high risk of, cerebral palsy.
Oct 21, 2025
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Some physical therapies for children with neurological disabilities lack scientific support, experts warn
A recent review published in Pediatric Physical Therapy has highlighted deficiencies in the scientific support and theoretical foundations of two neurorehabilitation methods for children with neurological disabilities—Cuevas ...
Oct 21, 2025
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How menopause restructures a woman's brain
Many women during menopause complain about brain fog, which includes symptoms like forgetfulness, trouble concentrating, and mental fatigue, often due to fluctuating hormone levels. A literature review was conducted to examine ...
Oct 21, 2025
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Loops of RNA help drive synapse-building during visual system development in young mice
Wiring up the brain's trillions of circuit connections is an enormous job performed by a huge crew of molecules. Among the less understood members are circular RNAs, transcripts from DNA that assume a closed loop shape. A ...
Oct 16, 2025
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Learning a foreign language—before you're born
Can your brain attune itself to a foreign language before you're born? A UdeM-led team of neuropsychology researchers has found that it can. A few weeks of prenatal exposure to a new language is enough to rewire the language ...
Oct 6, 2025
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