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·January 9, 2023·6 min read

Zone of Uncertainty Enables the Brain to Rapidly Form New Memories

Researchers explore how a little-understood brain area called the zona incerta communicates with the neocortex to rapidly control memory formation.

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·September 1, 2016·4 min read

Decoding Hidden Dreams: Decrypting the Sleeping Brain to Reveal Hidden Memories

Researchers develop a method to decrypt the brain while it sleeps to reveal hidden memories.

This image is a stylized diagram of the hippocampus. The parahippocampal gyrus labeled at bottom center.

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·September 25, 2013·1 min read

Feelings Forge Stronger Memories

A new study reports bad experiences enhance memory formation about places.

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·February 28, 2023·3 min read

Studying Brain Oscillations to Understand What Makes a Memory Stick

Memory formation requires higher-frequency ripples in the hippocampus and lower-frequency ripples in the parietal cortex. However, to make a memory stick, coordinated high-frequency ripples between the hippocampus and parietal cortex are required.

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·June 30, 2015·3 min read

MicroRNAs Play Important Role in Learning and Memory Formation

A new study reports that, in some cases, miRNAs can increase memory, and in others, decrease memory.

This is an image of a Drosophila melanogaster fruit fly.

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·September 12, 2013·2 min read

Scientists Pinpoint Proteins Vital to Long-Term Memory

Researchers have identified a group of proteins essential to the formation of long-term memories.

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·October 22, 2015·3 min read

Alzheimer’s Plaques Impair Memory Formation During Sleep

Amyloid beta deposits influence brain activity during sleep and impair memory formation.

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·November 28, 2022·4 min read

Cell Organization in the Hippocampus Matters for Memory Formation

Fear memories are formed when cells in the hippocampus form discrete clusters and sleep is important to the stability of these clusters.

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·May 13, 2016·3 min read

REM Sleep is a Keystone of Memory Formation in Mice

A new study provides evidence that REM sleep does play a vital role in memory formation, at least in mice.

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·October 10, 2019·3 min read

Research sheds new light on how the brain forms and recalls memories

During memory formation, the directional coupling between the neocortex and hippocampus alters. Decreased power in brain oscillations in the neocortex preceded and predicted increased power in the hippocampus. The reverse occurs during memory retrieval.