New key player in long-term memory: Long-term memory controlled by protein synthesis in inhibitory cells – Science Daily

A McGill-led multi-institutional research team has discovered that during memory consolidation, there are at least two distinct processes taking place in two different brain networks — the excitatory and inhibitory networks. The excitatory neurons are involved in creating a memory trace, and the inhibitory neurons block out background noise and allow long-term learning to take place.The team, led by McGill University Professors Nahum Sonenberg and Arkady Khoutorsky, Université de Montréal Profe…

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