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Learning and memory

Ageing without forgetting

Nature Reviews Neuroscience volume 11, pages 456–457 (2010)Cite this article

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Previous studies had suggested that age-dependent structural neurodegeneration does not occur in worms. However, using a Pavlovian food-odorant associative learning and memory assay, the authors showed that learning and long-term memory declined with age in worms, with long-term memory becoming impaired before learning.

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  1. Kauffman, A. L. et al. Insulin signaling and dietary restriction differentially influence the decline of learning and memory with age. PLoS Biol. 8, e1000372 (2010)

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  1. Leonie Welberg
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Welberg, L. Ageing without forgetting. Nat Rev Neurosci 11, 456–457 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn2869

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