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UCLA/Toronto researchers unlock key to memory storage in brain
04-19-2007 · EurekAlert!Scientists know little about how the brain chooses cells to encode and store memories. Now a UCLA-University of Toronto team has discovered that a protein called CREB controls the odds of a neuron participating in memory formation. The April 20 edition of Science reports the findings, which suggest a new approach for preserving memory in people suffering from Alzheimer's or other brain injury. Memories could be guided into healthy cells and away from sick cells in dying regions of the brain.
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