Newborn Neurons in Adult Brain Can Settle in the Wrong Neighborhood

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In a study that could have significant consequences for neural tissue transplantation strategies, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that inactivating a specific gene in adult neural stem cells makes nerve cells emerging from those precursors form connections in the wrong part of the adult brain.

Researchers, led by Fred H. Gage, Ph.D

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Amnesia produced by altered release of neurotransmitters after intraamygdala injections of a protein synthesis inhibitor

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Amnesia produced by protein synthesis inhibitors such as anisomycin provides major support for the prevalent view that the formation of long-lasting memories requires de novo protein synthesis. However, inhibition of protein synthesis might disrupt other neural functions to interfere with memory formation.

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