via KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News on 11/30/08
New ways to manipulate neural plasticity--the brain's ability to rewire itself--could make adult brains as facile as young ones, at least in part. Drugs that target these mechanisms might eventually help treat neurological disorders as diverse as Alzheimer's, stroke, schizophrenia, and autism. (Source: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/21736/)
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