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Dec
26
2009

Scientists discover how the brain encodes memories at a cellular level

 
Original article appeared here.
Image credit: Sourav Banerjee
The team of scientists is the first to uncover a central process in encoding memories that occurs at the level of the synapse, where neurons connect with each other.
"When we learn new things, when we store memories, there are a number of things that have to happen," said senior [...]