Competition between brain cells spurs memory circuit development

Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have for the first time demonstrated how memory circuits in the brain refine themselves in a living organism through two distinct types of competition between cells. Their results mark a step forward in the search for the causes of neurological disorders associated with abnormal brain circuits, such as Alzheimer's disease, autism and schizophrenia.

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