New understanding of protein's role in brain
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 10:42
in Biology & Nature
How do we process thoughts and store memories? A team of researchers headed by Dr Nahum Sonenberg of McGill's Department of Biochemistry and Goodman Cancer Centre has discovered that brains in mammals modify a particular protein in a unique way, which alters the protein's normal function. This discovery represents an important step in understanding how our brains work...