Learning Early In Life May Help Keep Brain Cells Alive
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 17:00
in Biology & Nature
Using your brain – particularly during adolescence – may help brain cells survive and could impact how it functions after puberty. According to a recently published study in Frontiers in Neuroscience, Rutgers University behavioral neuroscientist Tracey Shors, who co-authored the study, found that the newborn brain cells in young rats that were successful at learning survived while the same brain cells in animals that didn't master the task died quickly. read more