Identification and Manipulation of Memory Engram Cells

How memories are formed and stored in the brain remains a fascinating question in neuroscience. Here we discuss the memory engram theory, our recent attempt to identify and manipulate memory engram cells in the brain with optogenetics, and how these methods are used to address questions such as how...

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Main Authors: Liu, Xu, Ramirez Moreno, Steve, Tonegawa, Susumu, Redondo, Roger L.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106800
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6697-8330
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2839-8228