Researchers from the University of Queensland’s Brain Institute have revealed the mechanism by which memories are formed and consolidated, with the peer-reviewed study recently published in the European Molecular Biology Organization Journal.
Lead researcher Isaac Akefe said this breakthrough holds promise for potential treatments targeting neurodegenerative conditions such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
“We’ve shown previously that levels of saturated fatty acids increase in the brain during neuronal communication, but we didn’t know what was causing these changes,” Mr. Akefe said, about a study published in Nature Communications Journal in June 2021.
“Now for the first time, we’ve identified alterations in the brain’s fatty acid landscape when the neurons encode a memory....
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