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Origin of synaptic pruning process linked to learning, autism and schizophrenia identified

May 2, 2016 by

Researchers have identified a brain receptor that appears to initiate adolescent synaptic pruning, a process believed necessary for learning, but one that appears to go awry in both autism and schizophrenia.

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