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Nature 448, 397 (26 July 2007) | doi:10.1038/448397a; Published online 25 July 2007
Memory seen in the making
Kerri Smith
The physical changes that occur when the brain makes a new memory have been observed for the first time, say researchers, who hope to go on to map the distribution of memory across brain regions.Gary Lynch of the University of California, Irvine, and his colleagues examined the junctions between neurons — synapses — in three dimensions using a technique called restorative deconvolution microscopy (RDM).
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