Researchers at my former alma mater, UBC, have discovered why the brain loses its capacity to re-grow connections and repair itself, knowledge that could lead to therapeutics that “rejuvenate” the brain.
The study, published in The EMBO Journal, identified a set of proteins — calpain and cortactin, which regulate and control the sprouting of neurons — a mechanism known as neural plasticity.
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Starting knowledge on rejuvenation of the brain