Going Places: Rat Brain "GPS" Maps Routes to Rewards, Johns Hopkins University Study

... damage to that structure, called the hippocampus, disrupts specific types of memory and learning in people with Alzheimer's disease and age-related cognitive decline. And because these mental trajectories guide the rats' behavior, the research model ...

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