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Savannah Meacham

Brain's fatty acids may hold clue for memory retention

The mechanism that creates a molecule in the brain responsible for storing and acquiring memories may hold the key to treating conditions like Alzheimer's disease.

Memories are acquired and stored in the brain thanks to a specific lipid, which is a fatty acid molecule in the brain.

During earlier research on mice, scientists discovered a large amount of a lipid in their amygdala when acquiring or accessing a memory.

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