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Mysterious 'Zombie Neurons' Unlock Secrets of Learning in The Brain


Scientists studying learning in mice have inadvertently encountered 'zombie neurons' in the brain – not flesh-eating, virus-spreading monsters, but cells that stop interacting normally even though they're functionally alive.

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