Brain Scientists Finally Discover the Glue that Ma
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Brain Scientists Finally Discover the Glue that Ma
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📚 Recommended Reads and Media The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman - Explores the mysteries of the human brain in a captivating way. Memory: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan K. Foster - A concise overview of what memory is and how it works. Brain Games (TV Series) - A fun look at brain science through engaging challenges and experiments.
Networks of neural connections of varying strengths are thought to be what memories are made of.
PKMzeta (protein kinase Mzeta), made a big splash when a 2006 study showed that blocking it erased memories for places in rats.
In humans, different variants of the KIBRA gene have been linked to better or worse memory, while animal studies have shown that interfering with KIBRA disrupts memory. Using techniques for visualizing close
