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Hippocampus MRI
Confocal image of a mouse brain tissue shows the astrocytes (red) and neurons (green). (UCR/Ethell lab)

A team led by a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside has found a new mechanism responsible for the abnormal development of neuronal connections in the mouse brain that leads to seizures and abnormal social behaviors.

The researchers focused on the hippocampus, which plays an important role in learning and social interactions; and synapses, specialized contacts between neurons.

Each neuron in the brain receives numerous excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs...

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