Neuroscience: First Image of a Memory Being Made

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First Image of a Memory Being Made - Livescience.com

For the first time, an image of a memory being made at the cellular level has been captured by scientists.

The image shows that proteins are created at connections between brain cells when a long-term memory is formed. Neuroscientists had suspected as much, but hadn't been able to see it happening until now.

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Single Brain Cell Can Hold a Memory

Memory has long been described as a function of brain cells getting together and forming connections. A new study finds single cells can remember things.

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