Learning And Memory

Memory depends on a precise balance of crucial molecules. Neuroscientist Sathya Puthanveettil, Ph.D., studies how this balance changes at brain connections during learning to create and keep memories. His findings could eventually lead to treatments to improve memory function. Driving the News: When the brain’s synapses are activated, they…

When the brain’s synapses are activated, they set off a signaling cascade that results in the expression of long noncoding RNA called “ADEPTR.” The RNA is quickly transported along dendrites to synapses, where it acts on proteins involved in remodeling. (Image courtesy of Jenna Wingfield and Yibo Zhao of the…