by Rockefeller University Credit: Laboratory of Neural Dynamics and Cognition We have a pretty good idea of where memory starts and ends—short-term memories form in the hippocampus and, if the situation calls for it, stabilize into long-term memories in the cortex. But what happens along the winding path between short-term to long-term memory is a mystery....
Tag: <span>Long-term memory</span>
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Study provides new insights into how brain forms and stores long-term memory
by Tohoku University Previous (A) and updated circuit diagram (B) of the circuit from the hippocampus to the medial entorhinal cortex. We found that the ventral hippocampus efficiently sends out the information to the neocortex via the medial entorhinal cortex (blue arrows in B). Credit: Shinya Ohara et al. Wanting to better understand how the...
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Lung maintains long-term memory of COVID infection
NEW YORK, NY (Oct. 7, 2021)–After infection with SARS-CoV-2, where does the immune system store the memory to provide long-term protection against reinfection? Though numerous studies have examined blood to track immune responses to SARS-CoV-2, a new study of COVID survivors shows that the memory of the infection is primarily stored in T and B cells within the lung and the lymph nodes...
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Intermittent fasting may improve long-term memory
MAY 25, 2021 by John Anderer LONDON — Intermittent fasting (IF) is becoming a common practice among dieters trying to burn fat and lose weight, but a new study finds it may hold cognitive benefits as well. Researchers from Kings College London report IF helped improve the long term memory retention of a group of lab mice. Moreover,...
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Discovery of a new key player in long-term memory
by McGill University A McGill-led multi-institutional research team has discovered that during memory consolidation, there are at least two distinct processes taking place in two different brain networks—the excitatory and inhibitory networks. The excitatory neurons are involved in creating a memory trace, and the inhibitory neurons block out background noise and allow long-term learning to take place. The...
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Long-term memory performance depends upon gating system, study finds
Suppression of genetic switch boosts hardwired memory in Drosophila SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE JUPITER, Fla.–Jan. 13, 2020–Storing and retrieving memories is among the most important tasks our intricate brains must perform, yet how that happens at a molecular level remains incompletely understood. A new study from the lab of Neuroscience Professor Ronald Davis, PhD, at Scripps...