Monday, December 10, 2012

Learning and memory: Dopamine boosts ageing memories

Learning and memory: Dopamine boosts ageing memories
p812 | doi:10.1038/nrn3385
Dopamine release in the hippocampus has been shown to be essential for memory consolidation in rodents. Similarly, Chowdhuryet al. now demonstrate that, in humans, the persistence of episodic memory is enhanced following pharmacological increase in hippocampal dopamine.

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