title: Brain plasticity: Paradoxical case of a neurodegenerative disease?
abstract: A thought-provoking new study has found that symptom-free carriers of the neurodegenerative Huntington's disease present a dramatic two-fold acceleration in perceptual learning.
authors.affiliation: FAPSE, University of Geneva, 40 bd du Pont d'Arve, CH-1205, Geneva, Switzerland. pdrcardoso@gmail.com
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cardoso-Leite
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ascher
authors.forename: Daphne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bavelier
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*