Memory retrieved

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, have contradicted a popular theory that longterm memories get stored at synapses— the physical contact between neurons that help transmit information through electrical and chemical signals. It was believed that once the synapses degenerate, long-term memory is lost for ever. The researchers, led by David Glanzman, found that memories are retrieved if synapses are regenerated. This will make memory loss a temporary problem in degenerative diseases like Alzhiemer's.