Ability to turn off genes in brain crucial for learning, memory

Monday, July 18, 2016 - 09:41 in Biology & Nature

Every time you play a game of basketball, make a cup of coffee or flick on a light switch, you are turning on genes in your brain. These same genes typically are turned off when the activity ceases – but when that doesn’t happen, damaging consequences can occur. A study in mice at Washington University […]

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