Abe has placed particular emphasis on strengthening Japan s alliance with the Unites States, which had atrophied as a result of the DPJ government s feckless behavior (relations with China deteriorated as well).

Not only can you use this to study what these cells do, what their power is in computing in the brain, but you can also use this to try to figure out well maybe we could jazz up the activity of these cells, if indeed they're atrophied.