Forbes November 1, 2024
Our brains store immense information about our experiences, feelings, and the world around us. Networks of neurons encode these signals as memories. These networks are called engrams. Select neurons are involved in forming engrams and storing new information. How neurons are recruited into engram networks has been one of the core mysteries of learning and memory. Now, a new study from Switzerland may have uncovered the underlying processes that make neurons eligible to form engrams. Their close examination of mouse brains after learning revealed that an engram’s ability to store memory may be predetermined by how DNA is packaged within neurons.
DNA carries the genetic instructions for every cell in our body. Two long intertwined strands create its classic double-helix...
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