… to demonstrate the pivotal role of a gene in memory formation. In mice, the scientists “knocked out,” or deleted, … to show that by labeling genes activated early in memory formation, they could pinpoint the ensemble of a hippocampal … generated a surprising finding about the speed of memory formation. Her lab had observed that in many AD models, …
… region called the hippocampus that is central for memory formation. The results therefore validate the treatment … the drug lovastatin appeared to rescue memory formation and extinction in rats without any signs of …