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1 Human Brain & Neuroplasticity
Jennifer Schrandt January 20, 2016

2 Human Brain http://www.livescience.com/29365-human-brain.html

3 Anatomy of Neurons & Synapses

4 Developmental Neuroplasticity: Synaptic Pruning

5 Disorder of Synaptic Pruning: Schizophrenia
Greenhill et al., 2015

6 Synaptic Plasticity & Autism
Bourgeron, 2015

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