Not Again

OK, I have to admit that I'm both repelled and intrigued by these experiments and their results. Via optogenetics, or the use of light to study and manipulate nerve cells, neuroscientists were able to erase a specific memory in mice. They were also able to study how the cortex and the hippocampus interrelate when it comes to the storage and retrieval of memories. "The cortex can't do it alone; it needs input from the hippocampus," UC Davis's Brian Wiltgen explained. "This has been a fundamental assumption in our field for a long time, and [Kazumasa Tanaka's] data provide the first direct evidence that it is true": http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141009163803.htm