We all wish for better memories. But how are memories stored? For all our neuroscience, we still do not know even the level in the brain where memories are stored—from inside neurons to long brain circuits. We do know that the synapses between neurons in the brain are critical, but how those chemical changes mean a specific memory remains a mystery.
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Murali Doraiswamy is Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at Duke University and a leading physician scientist in the area of mental health, cognitive neuroscience and mind-body medicine.
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