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Changes in the number, type and function of nervous system connections, in the morphology and function of glia and in neuron-glia interactions, are at the basis of vertebrate adjustment to changing environmental and physiological conditions. Collected under “neural plasticity”, these age-dependent changes underlie adaptations apparently as different as the physiological response to dehydration or learning, and its electrophysiological and morphological correlates.
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Nieto-Sampedro, M., Nieto-Díaz, M. Neural plasticity: changes with age. J Neural Transm 112, 3–27 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-004-0146-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-004-0146-7