Neuroscientists at The University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston (UTHealth) have taken a major step in their efforts to help
people with memory loss tied to brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Using sea snail nerve cells, the scientists reversed memory
loss by determining when the cells were primed for learning. The scientists
were able to help the cells compensate for memory loss by retraining them
through the use of optimized training schedules. Findings of this
proof-of-principle study appear in the April 17 issue of The Journal of
Neuroscience.