Making memories in real time.
Neurons are extremely sensitive to any kind of disturbance, which makes difficult for scientists to study the molecular processes which occur during memory formation. This may have been resolved by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, who published two studies in the January 24 issue of Science, which used advanced imaging techniques to provide a window into how the brain makes memories. These studies were made possible by using a mouse model developed at Einstein in which molecules crucial to making memories were given fluorescent "tags" so they could be observed traveling in real time in living brain cells.
Source:
https://www.einstein.yu.edu/news/releases/968/watching-molecules-morph-into-memories/
Reference:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140123141711.htm
Amazing
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