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from WIRED <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists Watch a Memory Form in a Living Brain<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

While observing fearful memories take shape in the brains of fish, neuroscientists saw an unexpected level of synaptic rewiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by YASEMIN SAPLAKOGLU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(\u00a0originally published in Quanta Magazine<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The brain of this zebra fish larva glows with fluorescent markers that illuminate its neural activity. PHOTOGRAPH: ANDREY ANDREEV\/THAI TRUONG\/SCOTT FRASER; TRANSLATIONAL IMAGING CENTER\/USC<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

IMAGINE THAT WHILE you are enjoying your morning bowl of Cheerios, a spider drops from the ceiling and plops into the milk. Years later, you still can\u2019t get near a bowl of cereal without feeling overcome with disgust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers have now directly observed what happens inside a brain learning that kind of emotionally charged response. In\u00a0a new study<\/a>\u00a0published in January in the\u00a0Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em>, a team at the University of Southern California was able to visualize memories forming in the brains of laboratory fish, imaging them under the microscope as they bloomed in beautiful fluorescent greens. From earlier work, they had expected the brain to encode the memory by slightly tweaking its neural architecture. Instead, the researchers were surprised to find a major overhaul in the connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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