# Neuroscientists see clues to brain maturation in adolescent rats

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> **[Neuroscientists see clues to brain maturation in adolescent rats](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180926140910.htm)**
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> A new study in rats suggests that as animals transition into adolescence, specific physical changes to axons speed up neural transmission, which may lead to higher cognitive abilities.

  
A new study in rats suggests that as animals transition into adolescence, specific physical changes to axons speed up neural transmission, which may lead to higher cognitive abilities.