Major Step Forward In Understanding How Memory Works

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Fri, 04/25/2008 - 16:00

By blocking certain mechanisms that control the way that nerve cells in the brain communicate, scientists have been able to prevent visual recognition memory in rats.

This demonstrates they have identified cellular and molecular mechanisms in the brain that may provide a key to understanding processes of recognition memory.


 

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