Interestingly enough, it may be that memory is stabilized by alterations in the DNA of particular neurons.
This article argues that the DNA in neurons involved in a particular memory are altered through a process of "methylation," which basically means that a tiny CH2 molecule is "snapped" on to nucleotides of particular genes to get the neuron to "remember." (Sorry, I was a bio chem major undergrad for a long time.)
No comments:
Post a Comment