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  Computational Neuroscience: Memory-Making Is All About the Connection

  November 8, 2012 — A model that shows how connections in the brain must change to form memories could help to develop artificial cognitive ... > full story
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  Making Memories: Exploring the Anatomy of Recollection

  November 8, 2012 — With the help of data collected from intracranial electrodes implanted on epilepsy patients, researchers are getting a rare look inside the brain in hopes of discovering the exact pattern of activity ... > full story
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  Feel-Good Hormone Helps Jog Memory, Finds Study of Seniors

  November 8, 2012 — The feel-good hormone dopamine improves long-term memory. Neuroscientists investigated test subjects ranging in age from 65 to 75 years, who were given a precursor of dopamine. Treated subjects ... > full story
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  Self-Imagination Can Enhance Memory in Healthy and Memory-Impaired Individuals

  November 7, 2012 — There's no question that our ability to remember informs our sense of self. Now research provides new evidence that the relationship may also work the other way around: Invoking our sense of self can ... > full story
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  Persistent Sync for Neurons: Rats' Neurons Reveal Steady Neural Network Coordination Regardless of the Animals' Behavior

  November 7, 2012 — Physicists working with neuroscientists studying freely behaving rats have found that their neurons often act in precise coordination over ... > full story
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  Young 'Cultured Mini Brain' Develops Activity Peaks While It Is Still Growing

  November 7, 2012 — After a short period of growth, cultured networks of neurons regularly exhibit major activity in the absence of external stimulation. These "bursts" are entirely related to growth. At this stage, ... > full story
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  Is Your Memory Playing Tricks on You? Common Medications May Be to Blame

  November 6, 2012 — Common medication to treat insomnia, anxiety, itching or allergies can have a negative impact on memory or concentration in the elderly, according to new research. Up to ninety percent of people over ... > full story
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  In-Sync Brain Waves Hold Memory of Objects Just Seen

  November 2, 2012 — The brain holds in mind what has just been seen by synchronizing brain waves in a working memory circuit, an animal study suggests. The more in-sync such electrical signals of neurons were in two key ... > full story
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  New Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's Disease Identified

  November 1, 2012 — Medical researchers have identified an enzyme called Monoacylglycerol lipase as a new therapeutic target to treat or prevent Alzheimer's ... > full story
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  Inflammation and Cognition in Schizophrenia

  November 1, 2012 — There are a growing number of clues that immune and inflammatory mechanisms are important for the biology of schizophrenia. In a new study scientists explored the impact of the interleukin-1² ... > full story

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