Growing and interlinking neurons
First ever optic nerves regrown in a mammal.
http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/3026.html
and neurons bathed in IGF interconnect denser and more often
http://www.kurzweilai.net/neurons-grown-from-stem-cells-in-a-dish-reveal-clues-about-autism
Texting changes brain waves to new pattern
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