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Study: New Brain Cells Dislodge Old Memories
"A new rodent study shows that newborn neurons destabilize established connections among existing brain cells in the hippocampus, a part of the brain involved in learning and memory. Clearing old memories from the hippocampus makes way for new learning, researchers from Japan suggest." Wired 11/13/09
Posted November 13, 2009 05:39 AM





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