Old and New Neurons Trade Roles to Aid Memory
May 26, 2012, 11:30 am by Scientific American: Mind and Brain
For decades researchers have known that our ability to remember everyday experiences depends on a slender belt of brain tissue called the hippocampus. Basic memory functions, such as forming new memories and recalling old ones, were thought to be performed along this belt by different sets of neurons. Now findings suggest that the same neurons in fact perform both these very different functions, changing from one role to another as they age. [More]
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