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  "title": "Astrocytes could help track the timing of frightening experiences",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/astrocytes-could-help-track-the-timing-of-frightening-experiences",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-24T15:40:05.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-astrocytes-track.html"
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  "summary": "When the brain forms memories of past experiences, it typically encodes various information, including what happened, where it happened and the order in which events unfolded. The hippocampus is one of the primary brain regions involved in forming memories.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}