50 years ago, scientists were on the trail of ‘memory molecules’
Excerpt from the November 6, 1971 issue of Science News
Scientists have been on the hunt for the physical basis of memory for decades. Recent studies suggest that memories may reside in the connections between neurons (shown in this illustration).
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Learning and memory transfer: More experimental evidence — Science News, November 6, 1971
The first memory molecule has been isolated, characterized and synthesized … [from the brains of] rats that had been shocked in the dark….