Neuronal Gene Mutation May Have Positive Effect on Cognitive Abilities - Technology Networks

Researchers at Leipzig University and the University of Würzburg have now used fruit flies to demonstrate how, apart from the negative effect, the mutation of a neuronal gene can have a positive effect – namely higher IQ in humans. They have published the dis…

Synapses are the contact points in the brain via which nerve cells talk to each other. Disturbances in this communication lead to diseases of the nervous system, since altered synaptic proteins, for … [+4196 chars]

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