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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 genein response to new information...
Brain cells turn on the memory genewhen 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 glowing proteinwhich signalled whether the memory gene was on or off...
When the pulses were delivered in spaced-out intervals, they turned on the memory gene more strongly, and for a longer time, than when the same treatment was delivered all at once, the team said.. Kukushkin said the study revealed, that the ability to learn from spaced repetition isnt unique to brain cells..
It might be a fundamental property of all cells, the researcher said.. Besides offering new ways to study memory, the study also suggests treating our body more like the brain for better health..
