Inhibitory brain cells balance memory detail and stability, study suggests

A team from the Plasticity of Brain Networks laboratory at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the University Miguel Hernández of Elche (UMH), has identified a mechanism that allows the brain to adjust the balance between two seemingly competing needs during memory formation: incorporating new details while maintaining…

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