Key memory receptors are located on interneurons, finds study
A key receptor regulating memory formation has been localized to interneurons, according to a study with implications for drug development.
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A key receptor regulating memory formation has been localized to interneurons, according to a study with implications for drug development.
Apr 12, 2023
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Wanting to better understand how the brain forms and stores long-term memory, an international team of scientists undertook a study of the brain's circuits. Their work sheds new light on the way the circuits in the brain ...
Mar 7, 2023
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Most people remember emotional events—like their wedding day—very clearly, but researchers are not sure how the human brain prioritizes emotional events in memory. In a study published on January 16, 2023 in Nature Human ...
Jan 18, 2023
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The hippocampus is a small, complex, folded brain structure that holds clues to several brain disorders. It is also one of the most difficult-to-map regions of the brain. After developing a successful technique to digitally ...
Jan 13, 2023
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New research from the University of Toronto is providing valuable insight into how the brain works to retain memory—and it could help treat patients with memory impairment.
Jan 6, 2023
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Although we know that groups of cells working together in a specific brain region—the hippocampus—are vital for making, storing, and retrieving many types of memories, we still don't have a clear idea of how these cells ...
Nov 28, 2022
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The most detailed map ever made of the communication links between the hippocampus—the brain's memory control center—and the rest of the brain has been created by Australian scientists. And it may change how we think ...
Nov 9, 2022
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Memories of aversive or negative events are often remembered more vividly than neutral ones. Although important for survival, resurfacing of past traumatic experiences can trigger psychiatric conditions such as anxiety or ...
Nov 8, 2022
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A longstanding question in neuroscience is how mammalian brains (including ours) adapt to external environments, information, and experiences. In a paradigm-shifting study published in Nature, researchers at the Jan and Dan ...
Nov 3, 2022
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Why do some 4- and 5-year-olds still nap like clockwork every afternoon, while other preschoolers start giving up habitual napping at age 3?
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