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·August 29, 2019·4 min read

Lack of oxygen doesn’t kill infant brain cells, as previously thought

A lack of oxygen as a result of preterm birth does not cause hippocampal neurons to die but does impair hippocampal development. Hypoxia causes hippocampal cells to fail to mature normally, causing a reduction in long-term potentiation and impaired learning.

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·January 21, 2017·4 min read

Brain Connections Which Keep Related Memories Distinct From Each Other Identified

Researchers report episodic memory function becomes disrupted when neural pathways that allow communication between the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex are deactivated.

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·January 12, 2017·3 min read

New System For Forming Memories

According to researchers, the entorhinal cortex can replay memories of movement without hippocampal input.

Image shows domapine neurons in the hippocampus.

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·February 29, 2016·3 min read

Learning to Avoid Unpleasant Experiences With the Help of Dopamine

A new study reports on dopamine's important role in learning how to avoid unpleasant experiences.

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·August 24, 2019·4 min read

How memories form and fade

Stable memories are encoded by teams of neurons firing in synchrony, providing redundancy that enables the memory to persist over time.

Entorhinal cortical neurons and traces are shown and described in the caption.

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·October 8, 2012·5 min read

Researchers Discover that the Sleeping Brain Behaves as if it’s Remembering Something

UCLA researchers have for the first time measured the activity of a brain region known to be involved in learning, memory and Alzheimer's disease during sleep. They discovered that the entorhinal cortex behaves as if it's remembering something, even under anesthesia, a finding that counters conventional theories about memory consolidation during sleep.

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·August 17, 2017·6 min read

How We Recall the Past

Researchers have identified a neural circuit that is critical for memory retrieval.

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·May 23, 2018·5 min read

Memory Molecule Limits Plasticity by Calibrating Calcium

Researchers have identified a novel role the RGS14 protein plays in limiting synaptic plasticity.

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·September 16, 2021·3 min read

Drug Targets for Memory Enhancement

Researchers identified specific receptors for acetylcholine that reroute information flow through memory circuits in the hippocampus. The findings could have implications for the development of drugs to help enhance or protect memory from diseases associated with cognitive decline.