New UCLA research indicates that lost memories can be restored, offering hope for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
For decades, most neuroscientists have believed that memories are stored at the synapses — the connections between brain cells, or neurons — which are destroyed by Alzheimer’s disease. The new study provides evidence contradicting the idea that long-term memory is stored at synapses.
Image: Synapse (credit: Curtis Neveu/Wikimedia Commons)
