A new study showing that growth factors and the environment combine to increase brain maturation appears in the May 30th issue of the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE. The study was conducted by Francesca Ciucci, Elena Putignano, Laura Baroncelli, Silvia Landi, Nicoletta Berardi and Lamberto Maffei, based at the Neurobiology Laboratory of Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. [click link for full article]
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