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Lost memories found

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Enhancing synaptic connections between neurons in the brain's hippocampus that are normally activated during memory formation rescues memory deficits in a mouse model of early Alzheimer's disease. See Letter p.508

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Figure 1: Light-induced rescue of episodic memory.

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