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NEW MECHANISM FOUND FOR MEMORY STORAGE IN BRAIN
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http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2007/07_18_07....
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17 months, 4 weeks, 4 hours agoOur experiences -the things we see, hear, or do-can trigger long-term changes in the strength of the connections between nerve cells in our brain, and these persistent changes are how the brain encodes information as memory. As reported in Neuron this week, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a new biochemical mechanism for memory storage, one that may have a connection with addictive behavior.
Previously, the long-term changes in connection were thought to only involve a fast form of ele
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