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Extra neural ensemble disrupts memory recall

Poll and colleagues examined the historical activity of hippocampal CA1 neurons during learning and memory recall using longitudinal two-photon in vivo imaging, providing evidence that extra neural ensemble activity disrupts memory recall in a mouse model of early Alzheimer’s disease.

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Fig. 1: Extra neural ensemble activity beyond memory-related neural ensembles disrupts recall of contextual fear memory in APP/PS1 mice.

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Kim, R., Yamamoto, N. & Kitamura, T. Extra neural ensemble disrupts memory recall. Nat Neurosci 23, 905–907 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-020-0673-z

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