Artificial hibernation ‘prunes’ unnecessary synapses for memory retention. (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Artificial hibernation ‘prunes’ unnecessary synapses for memory retention.

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An illustration of the inner workings of a mouse brain during artificial hibernation. Workers prune the irrelevant dendritic spines from brain cells, leaving only the synapses necessary for long-term memory retention.

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Luo-chu Yang

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