Fioriti Archives - Knowing Neurons

Choose Your Own (Prion) Adventure: Memory or Madness

September 16, 2015March 5, 2017 Jillian L. Shaw CPEB, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Eric Kandel, Fioriti, Hippocampus, Long-term memory, mad cow disease, Neuron, Prions

In the early ‘80’s ranchers in Great Britain began to notice strange behaviors in their cows. What began with increased aggression and an inability to walk turned into a strange… Read more