Scientists just brought back memories that mice had 'forgotten'

陳耀昌

1987年，MIT免疫學教授，出身日本的利根川進

（Susumu Tonegawa)因發現漿細胞能產生多種抗體之機轉，榮獲諾貝爾生理（醫學）奬。其後他轉進最神秘，人類了解最少的腦科學，希望能得第二個諾貝爾獎。2009起，他回日本理研Riken擔任腦科學研究所所長，研究人類的「記憶」與「失憶」。他是另一種天才研究者的典型。

如果「失憶」有一天真的可以reactivate 或 recall 喚回。那真是老年人的一大福音，那麼利根川先生真的有可能破紀錄得到兩次諾貝爾醫學獎。

Scientists retrieve lost memories using optogenetics

Researchers have found that memories that have been 'lost' as a result of amnesia can be recalled by activating brain cells with light. They reactivated memories that could not otherwise be retrieved, using a technology known...

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Scientists say they've restored lost memories in mice. Read more:u.afp.com/ZkCd