Youthful Plasticity Restored to Brains of Adult Mice

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170808145956.htm

Like the rest of the body, the brain loses flexibility with age, impacting the ability to learn, remember, and adapt. Now, scientists report they can rejuvenate the plasticity of the mouse brain, specifically in the visual cortex. The study shows that manipulating a single gene triggers the shift, revealing it as a target for new treatments to recover the brain's youthful potential.

 

Thank you @Candy for posting that interesting link. We are living in an amazing time with great medical advances being announced on a regular basis. This store should give our members hope that, perhaps, some day a solution for tinnitus will also be found.

 

You're welcome @Kolisar - thanks for liking my avatar btw

 

Some recent developments in brain plasticity research:

https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-plasticity-neuroscience-941

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6395/1349