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Dec182009

Wired Science reports: New Brain Cells May Knock Out Old Memories

DateFriday, December 18, 2009 at 6:29PM

We love Paul McCartney's Memory Almost Full. Now scientists are joining in the song:

Old memories may get the boot from new brain cells

...

Essentially, the new neurons may aid formation of new memories by keeping the hippocampus from filling up with old ones.

Read all about it at Wired

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