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… for several weeks showed improved brain health and motor function compared to untreated controls. The MIT group is not … tau, keep neurons from dying or losing their synapse circuit connections, and reduce neural DNA damage. … pathology, and the CK-p25 mouse, which recapitulates the synapse loss and DNA damage seen in human disease. The team …
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… Institute and the MIT Department of Biology in 2000. Synapse Mapping Neural Plasticity Genetic Engineering Autism … Early Life Stress Brain Imaging Activity Sensors Glia synapse formation synaptic transmission glia epilepsy … shown that association of Cpx with SNAREs allows it to function as a facilitator for synaptic vesicle fusion and as …