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Study suggests that longer-distance migratory birds may be smarter

2016-02-24 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] Birds that migrate the greatest distances have more new neurons in the regions of the brain responsible for navigation and spatial orientation, suggests a new paper published in Scientific Reports. For some time scholars have widely accepted the view that neurons, the cells that specialise in processing and transmitting information and contribute to brain plasticity, continue to be generated in the brains of animals even when they are adults. After being create…

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