Brain plasticity: Paradoxical case of a neurodegenerative disease?

Cardoso Leite, Pedro Michel; Ascher, Philippe; Bavelier, Daphné

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.017

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Brain plasticity: Paradoxical case of a neurodegenerative disease?

ContributorsCardoso Leite, Pedro Michel; Ascher, Philippe; Bavelier, Daphné

Published inCurrent biology, vol. 22, no. 20, p. R884-R886

Publication date2012

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

Affiliation entities

Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie

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Brain & Learning Lab

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CARDOSO LEITE, Pedro Michel, ASCHER, Philippe, BAVELIER, Daphné. Brain plasticity: Paradoxical case of a neurodegenerative disease? In: Current biology, 2012, vol. 22, n° 20, p. R884–R886. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.017

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PID : unige:91942
DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.017

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960982212010809

Journal ISSN0960-9822

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Brain plasticity: Paradoxical case of a neurodegenerative disease?

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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