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Choose Your Own (Prion) Adventure: Memory or Madness

September 16, 2015March 5, 2017 Jillian L. Shaw 1 Comment 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

Learning and Memory

Memory Hack: Manipulating the Brain’s Memory Cache

April 22, 2015March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 2 Comments Amnesia, Cellular Pharmacology of Protein Kinase Mζ (PKMζ) Contrasts with Its in Vitro Profile: IMPLICATIONS FOR PKMζ AS A MEDIATOR OF MEMORY, Long-term memory, Memory, MMM, Molecular memory modification, PKMζ, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Prefrontal Cortex, protein kinase, PTSD, Safety, Teodora Stoica, Wu-Zhang

Imagine having a memory that haunts you, sneaks into your daily thoughts and turns over on itself in your dreams. Escape seems impossible. Now imagine you are injected with a… Read more

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