Discovery of Gatekeeper Nerve Cells Explains the Effect of Nicotine on Learning and Memory
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“It is known that nicotine improves cognitive processes including learning and memory, but this is the first time that an identified nerve cell population is linked to the effects of nicotine”, says Professor Klas Kullander at Scilifelab and Uppsala University.
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“In many respects, you’d look pretty normal without a prefrontal cortex,” said Craig Berridge, UW-Madison psychology professor. “You don’t need that part of the brain to hear or talk, to keep long-term memories, or to remember what you did as a child or what you read in the newspaper three days ago. People without a prefrontal cortex are very distractible [.] They’re very impulsive. They can be very argumentative.”