Memory can also be stored in parts of body other than brain, finds study
While the brain is commonly known to work for and store memories, a new study showed that other parts of the body can also store memory. The study, which appears in the journal Nature Communications, may pave a new way for treating memory-related afflictions.
Nikolay V. Kukushkin, lead author from the New York University in the US stated that “other cells in the body can learn and form memories, too”
The researchers found that similar to brain cells, the non-brain cells also turn on a "memory gene" -- in response to new information.
Brain cells turn on the "memory gene" -- when they detect a pattern in the information and restructure their connections to form memories.
Further, to monitor the memory and learning process in the non-brain cells, the team engineered these to make a glowin...
