Stowers Scientists Reveal How the Brain Stores Long-Lasting Memories (VIDEO)

Stowers Institute for Medical Research

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For the first time, scientists provide direct evidence that amyloid proteins are the molecular substrate of long-lasting memory. In this video, Scientific Director Kausik Si, Ph.D., explains how precisely regulated amyloids—and the chaperone proteins that control them—enable the brain to store experience, opening new avenues for understanding memory and treating neurological disease. Read more: https://bit.ly/3LPwu0Y

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