Selective neural connections can be reestablished in retina after injury, study finds
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)

The brain`s ability to form new neural connections, called neuroplasticity, is crucial to recovery from some types of brain injury, but this process is hard to study and remains poorly understood. A new study of neural circuit repair in the retina shows that neurons can make new connections to the right types of photoreceptors to restore selective connectivity after an injury.