[Comic by Doonesbury]

title Neurobiology of Memory: How Do We Acquire, Consolidate and Recall Memory
description “In labs around the world, mice learn to navigate complex mazes, locate chocolaty rewards, and after an interval, run the mazes again with maximum efficiency, swiftly collecting all the sweets. But in Susumu Tonegawa’s lab, the mutant mice he has created cannot perform these tasks. Tonegawa ‘knocks out’ a gene that impairs a specific part of the mouse hippocampus, the area of the brain responsible for spatial memory, among other things. Mutant mice struggle to acquire and recall information about their surroundings. Tonegawa’s work involves manipulating genes to explore memory and learning from the most basic biochemical and cellular levels, up to the most complex behaviors.” Tonegawa is a Nobel Laureate who resigned as head of the Picower Institute after exposure of his sexism. Bet he’d like to purge that from memory.
producer Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT
featuring Susumu Tonegawa
format Real Video
date 01/10/03
length 01:02:40
link http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/148/

Tags: webcast brain lecture learning memory neurobiology neuroscience genetics

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