Brain plasticity: Paradoxical case of a neurodegenerative disease?

Pedro Cardoso-Leite; Philippe Ascher; Daphne Bavelier

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.017

Brain plasticity: Paradoxical case of a neurodegenerative disease?

Curr Biol. 2012 Oct 23;22(20):R884-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.017.

Authors

Pedro Cardoso-Leite¹, Philippe Ascher, Daphne Bavelier

Affiliation

¹ FAPSE, University of Geneva, 40 bd du Pont d'Arve, CH-1205, Geneva, Switzerland. pdrcardoso@gmail.com

PMID: 23098600
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.017

Abstract

A thought-provoking new study has found that symptom-free carriers of the neurodegenerative Huntington's disease present a dramatic two-fold acceleration in perceptual learning.

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MeSH terms

Humans
Huntington Disease / genetics*
Learning / physiology*
Neuronal Plasticity / physiology*
Synaptic Transmission / physiology*