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In later adulthood, the brain remains plastic in it's ability to rewire neural circuitry. This is often done by the brain being able to differentiate between circuitry that is not used and those which are. The latter group of neurons are strengthened through a process called long-term potentiation (among other methods), which strengthen the health and overall ...

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