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A new study by Pitt researchers challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct ...

A new study from Pitt researchers challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct ...

A new study published in Nature Metabolism suggests that intense endurance exercise, such as running a marathon, may cause a ...

So is it actually possible for adults to grow neurons? While some experts believe there's strong evidence that we can gain ...

When your brain adapts, only its function changes at first. That's an example of functional plasticity. But with repetition, the brain's actual structure may change, too. That's structural plasticity.

This capacity for cellular plasticity is critical for normal embryonic development, but when recapitulated in the adult it can give rise to, or contribute to, a variety of diseases. This is ...

Researchers have identified a gene that plays a key role in prostate cancer cells that have transitioned to a more aggressive, treatment-resistant form. The gene can be indirectly targeted with an ...

Neuroscientists believe that synaptic plasticity, as these changes are called, plays an important role in storing memories. However, the rules governing when and how much synapses change are not ...

The study also found that the environment can jumpstart speciation via plasticity. Plasticity is how the environment changes behavior, or morphology (form and structure), or physiology (the normal ...