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First-Ever Image of Brain Changes
First-Ever Image of Brain Changes
Image of brain dendritic spines after long-term potentiation.
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, developed the first images to show the actual physical changes in brain cells that are thought to underlie memory, a discovery that is already uncovering clues about memory loss linked to cognitive disorders. To learn more about this research, see the UC-Irvine press release "UC Irvine Researchers Reveal First Images of Brain Changes Associated with Memory". (Date of Image: March 2007)
Credit: Lulu Y. Chen, Christopher S. Rex, Christine M. Gall, and Gary Lynch, University of California, Irvine.
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