'Brain stars' store our memories like a microscopic filing cabinet
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Fascinating new findings into how clusters of 'brain stars' retain memories has changed what we know about how they're held in our minds.
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2024-11-10 11:44:44+00:00.

Original Title: ‘Brain stars’ store our memories like a microscopic filing cabinet | Researchers found that fear conditioning in mice – a learning process – triggered a subset of astrocytes that express the c-Fos gene, which plays a key role in circuitry in the brain.