This detailed understanding of how memories are laid down and stored could inform the development of drugs that aid formation of new memories. (quantamagazine.org)
The researchers also performed MRIs on all the participants and found that compared with the low - flavanol group, the 900 mg - a-day flavanol drinkers showed more activity in the dentate gyrus (an area of the brain located in the hippocampus and linked to the formation of new memories). (entrepreneur.com)
Chances are, an overdose of cortisol or a related substance, corticosterone, disrupts the hippocampus and inhibits the formation of new memories. (discovermagazine.com)