Sunday, December 12, 2010

WORLD OF LEARNING: MAGICAL MOLECULE FOUND IN BRAIN

"Fewer Synapses, More Efficient Learning: Molecular Glue Wires the Brain" ScienceDaily 12/9/10

Despite advaces in technology, "the mechanisms that organize synapses in the living brain remain a puzzle. Yale scientists identified one critical piece of this puzzle, a molecule called SynCAM 1 that spans across synaptic junctions."

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