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Scientists discover ‘zone of uncertainty’ enables the brain to rapidly form new memories
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Scientists discover ‘zone of uncertainty’ enables the brain to rapidly form new memories

by Silke Wolf, Max Planck Society Schroeder et al. reveal that plasticity of long-range inhibition from the zona incerta enables memory formation in neocortical circuits. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Brain Research / S. Pernitzsch The neocortex is the largest and most complex part of the brain and has long been recognized as the ultimate storage site...