Brain stars regulate memory

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Brain stars hold our memories

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Until now, memories have been explained by the activity of brain cells called neurons that respond to learning events and control memory recall.

The Baylor team expanded this theory by showing that non-neuronal cell types in the brain called astrocytes -- star-shaped cells -- also store memories and work in concert with groups of neurons called engrams to regulate storage and retrieval of memories.

The study provides a new perspective when studying human conditions associated with memory loss, like Alzheimer's disease, as well as conditions in which memories occur repeatedly and are difficult to suppress, like post-traumatic stress disorder.

This work was supported by U.S. National Institutes of Health grants and a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea .

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