Memory engram storage and retrieval
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Tonegawa, Susumu; Pignatelli di Spinazzola, Michele; Roy, Dheeraj; Ryan, Tomas John
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A great deal of experimental investment is directed towards questions regarding the mechanisms of memory storage. Such studies have traditionally been restricted to investigation of the anatomical structures, physiological processes, and molecular pathways necessary for the capacity of memory storage, and have avoided the question of how individual memories are stored in the brain. Memory engram technology allows the labeling and subsequent manipulation of components of specific memory engrams in particular brain regions, and it has been established that cell ensembles labeled by this method are both sufficient and necessary for memory recall. Recent research has employed this technology to probe fundamental questions of memory consolidation, differentiating between mechanisms of memory retrieval and the true neurobiology of memory storage.
Date issued
2015-08Department
Picower Institute for Learning and MemoryJournal
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
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Elsevier
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Tonegawa, Susumu, Michele Pignatelli, Dheeraj S Roy, and Tomás J Ryan. “Memory Engram Storage and Retrieval.” Current Opinion in Neurobiology 35 (December 2015): 101–109 © 2015 The Authors
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0959-4388