by RIKEN Neurons in the CA2 region of the hippocampus, fluorescently labeled here in yellow, help to coordinate the consolidation of long-term memory. Credit: RIKEN Center for Brain Science A brain region in mice that plays a key role in coordinating the playback process that consolidates memories during sleep has been identified by RIKEN neuroscientists....
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...
