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Somatic mutations in disorders with disrupted brain connectivity.
Experimental & molecular medicine - 10 Jun 2016
Lee Jeong Ho
Abstract excerpt
Mutations occur during cell division in all somatic lineages. Because neurogenesis persists throughout human life, somatic mutations in the brain arise during development and accumulate with the aging process. The human brain consists of 100 billion neurons that form an extraordinarily intricate network of connections to achieve higher level cognitive functions. Due to this network architecture, perturbed...
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