Turn It Off To Turn It On: Neuroscientists Discover Critical Early Step Of Memory Formation
Monday, September 15, 2008 - 13:36
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have found how nerve cells in the brain ensure that Arc, a protein critical for memory formation, is made instantly after nerve stimulation. Paradoxically, its manufacture involves two other proteins -- including one linked to mental retardation -- that typically prevent proteins from being made.