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Protein ‘chameleon’ colors long-term memory – Phys.org

A chameleonlike protein in neurons can change its mind, and in the process change our brains.

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A chameleonlike protein in neurons can change its mind, and in the process change our brains.
Scientists at Rice University and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) uncovered new clues in the protein CPEB3 as part of their dogged pursuit of the mechanism that allows humans to have long-term memories.
The study by Rice theoretical biophysicist Peter Wolynes and Neal Waxham, a neurobiologist at UTHealth’s McGovern Medical School, provides insight into a positive fe…

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