memory /neuro/taxonomy/term/175/all en Memory Disorders Research Society: Annual Meeting 2025 /neuro/channels/event/memory-disorders-research-society-annual-meeting-2025-358809 <p>Memory Disorders Research Society (MDRS) is a professional society dedicated to the study of memory. Members engage in basic and clinical research into how memory works and why it fails.</p> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:01:33 +0000 justin.martinez-rosler@mcgill.ca 6133 at /neuro Erasure of negative memories one step closer to reality /neuro/channels/news/erasure-negative-memories-one-step-closer-reality-268607 <h2>Different forms of memory exist in the same neuron and can be manipulated separately</h2> <p> </p> <p>Scientists have known for some time that a memory is stored in the brain through changes in the strength of particular synapses, the structures that pass signals between neurons. However, how the change in strength persisted remained a mystery. Solving this mystery has important implications for remedying neurological and psychological disorders.</p> Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:57:29 +0000 shayan.mantegh@mail.mcgill.ca 2650 at /neuro Key molecule responsible for learning and memory discovered /neuro/article/research-stories/key-molecule-responsible-for-learning-memory-discovered Netrin makes stronger connections among brain cells Fri, 02 Nov 2018 19:53:05 +0000 Victor Swoboda 3244 at /neuro