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The molecules of forgetfulness

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Not everything that we learn is useful, so the brain needs a mechanism to prevent itself being burdened by unhelpful details. The molecular details of this mechanism are now being uncovered.

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Figure 1: Learning and forgetting — a tale of molecular antagonism.

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  1. Departments of Neurobiology, Psychology and Psychiatry and the Brain Research Institute, 695 Charles Young Drive South, Gonda Building

    Alcino J. Silva & Sheena A. Josselyn

  2. University of California Los Angeles, California, 90095-1761, USA

    Alcino J. Silva & Sheena A. Josselyn

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