Brain Plasticity: Changes And Resets In Homeostasis

In an article published in the June 25th edition of the journal Neuron, researchers at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, have found that synaptic plasticity, long implicated as a device for ‘change’ in the brain, may also be essential for stability. Homeostasis, the body’s own mechanism of regulating and maintaining internal balance in the body, is necessary for survival.

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Filed under: Neurology / Neuroscience on June 27th, 2009