Decoding memory acquisition and consolidation in mice

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titleDecoding memory acquisition and consolidation in mice
start_date2019/12/06
schedule11h-12h
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detailsIf you would like to meet with the speaker, please contact Bassem Hassan <bassem.hassan@icm-institute.org>
summaryIs there a code in the brain that process external stimuli? Can we use this code to implant false perceptions, emotional memories? In this talk I will show that, by simply knowing the identity of the cells that are responsible for encoding a specific external stimulus, we can create a memory of an event never experiences before. When a memory is formed, the brain under goes a substantial rearrangement at both the synaptic and systems level to support the consolidation of the memory trace and its recallat a remote time point. What are the regions involved during the process? I will explore a graph theory analysis of memory networks to show that this approach opens new doors in the discovery of brain regions and pathways involved in memory acquisition and consolidation.
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