The article cites a new research study by D. Peretti and colleagues titled "RBM3 mediates structural plasticity and protective effects of cooling in neurodegeneration," which was published in the journal "Nature." It demonstrated that the formation of new synaptic contacts in mice is facilitated by the induction of RNAbinding motif protein 3 (RBM3). It also found that in two models of neurodegeneration synaptic loss is protected by RBM3 expression.