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Memory may not work how we thought, study of mice in artificial hibernation finds - Live Science

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Nicoletta Lanese
Memory may not work how we thought, study of mice in artificial hibernation finds - Live Science
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A study of mice in artificial hibernation suggests that long-term memory relies on high-level topological patterns in brain connectivity rather than individual, strong neural links. This challenges previous assumptions about how memories are physically stored and pruned during metabolic slowdowns.

A new study induced artificial hibernation in lab mice and may have revealed something fundamental about the nature of memory.

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