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Astrocytes play a key role in memory

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Astrocytes could be artificially manipulated to suppress or enhance a specific memory, leaving all other memories intact.

One consequence of this finding is that astrocytes may be able to suppress a memory.

The study was published by Michael R. Williamson at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston .

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English

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