Storing a memory involves distant parts of the brain

In studies with mice, researchers discovered that to maintain certain short-term memories, the brain’s cortex relies on connections with the thalamus.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

Storing a memory involves distant parts of the brain

In studies with mice, researchers discovered that to maintain certain short-term memories, the brain’s cortex relies on connections with the thalamus.

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> The results were clear. “The only player that perturbed the memory was the thalamus,” Svoboda says. “And it was an incredibly dramatic effect. If you turn off these thalamic neurons, activity and short-term memories completely disappear in the cortex. The cortex effectively becomes comatose.”

These results are important . Extremely practical.

I worry about the ethics, how do you “turn off thalamic neurons”?