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Brain plasticity — also called neuroplasticity — is an odd term for most people, with the word “plastic” causing images of Tupperware or Saran Wrap to pop into your head. However, brain plasticity is ...

It's well known that learning to play an instrument can offer benefits beyond just musical ability. Indeed, research shows it ...

Even though the terms brain plasticity and neuroplasticity are associated with late 20th- and now 21st-century scientific and medical thinking, the concept of brain plasticity has been known (although ...

In the name of science, Dr. Nico Dosenbach had scanned his own brain dozens of times. But this was the first time he'd taken a mind-bending substance before sliding into the MRI tunnel. "I was, like, ...

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In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have found that the brain holds a ‘map’ of the body that remains unchanged even after a limb has been amputated, contrary to the prevailing view that it ...

A) Two-photon image of a basal dendrite of L2/3 neuron loaded with Alexa 594. In this example, the spine is ~40 μm below the surface of the slice. Scale bar, 2 μm. (B) Voltage-clamp traces ...