The brain’s 'inner GPS' gets dismantled
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 04:31
in Biology & Nature
Imagine being able to recognize your car as your own but never being able to remember where you parked it. Researchers have induced this all-too-common human experience -- or a close version of it -- permanently in rats and from what is observed perhaps derive clues about why strokes and Alzheimer’s disease can destroy a person’s sense of direction.