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  "textContent": "Understanding how hibernation affects neurons sheds light on how neurons adapt to changing states and can inform treatment strategies for conditions in which neurons are damaged or impaired. In a new JNeurosci paper, researchers led by Hendrikje Nienborg, from the National Eye Institute, used squirrels to assess how hibernation alters neuron structure in a brain area that responds to visual information from the eyes. Why focus on this visual brain area?",
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