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Remodeling the Brain
Author(s)Susan J. Noonan, MD, MPH
For decades, it was thought the brain was a fixed structure, and not able to be renewed or regenerated, but science has since proved otherwise.
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Susan J. Noonan, MD, MPH talks neuroplasticity, depression, and rewiring the brain at any age.
Dr Noonan is a physician consultant and Certified Peer Specialist in the Department of Psychiatry at McLean Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital. She is the author of four books and a blog on managing depression, most recently
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