Two routes for remembering the past.
Which brain circuits underlie retrieval of distant memories? Goshen et al. (2011) use a powerful optogenetic-based approach to reveal the critical contribution of the hippocampus to remote memory retrieval. In so doing, they provide new evidence toward resolving a long-standing debate in cognitive neuroscience.
Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA. ws21@nyu.edu
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