Gene patterns shed light on how memories form in brain

Researchers are developing a better idea of how memories are created in the human brain and they have also pinpointed genes that need to be further studied. 

The results of the study in Asia were published in the open-access Journal for the Society For Neuroscience called eNeuro. It found that both the human cortex and subcortex show an unmistakable combined group of genes with special characteristics, even though they both play a similar role when it comes to memory.

A team of scientists worked to find the gene signature of memory and did so by closely looking at how they appeared in different areas of the brain. They found both the cortical memory areas and the subcortex had distinct gene patterns. Their study revealed the ones found in the cortext are connected to memory processing, while the ones in the subcortex were associated with creating new brain cells.  

Genes found in both locations are needed for memory creation with changing cells and the creation of messenger RNA.