Primary studyMemory & the brain
Functional recovery of the adult murine hippocampus after cryopreservation by vitrification
Reports short-term recovery of hippocampal electrophysiological function after vitrification in mice.
2026
Research field / 06
Memory & the brain
The hardest boundary to understand.
Engram research, brain decoding and connectomics investigate different parts of how brains encode and use information. Tissue preservation adds another line of inquiry. None of the sources indexed here demonstrates transfer of autobiographical memory into yeast or continuation of a person's consciousness.
Questions that matter
- Is a study measuring structure, cellular activity, behavior or recalled information?
- Was the work performed in humans, animals, isolated tissue or a computational model?
- What evidence would be needed before claims about personal memory become justified?
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Primary studyMemory & the brain
Systems consolidation reorganizes hippocampal engram circuitry
Studies hippocampal engram circuit reorganization during memory consolidation.
2025
Dataset paperMemory & the brain
Functional connectomics spanning multiple areas of mouse visual cortex
MICrONS links neuronal activity with dense wiring maps in mouse visual cortex.
2025
Dataset paperMemory & the brain
A petavoxel fragment of human cerebral cortex reconstructed at nanoscale resolution
Reconstructs a small fragment of human cerebral cortex at nanoscale resolution.
2024
Primary studyMemory & the brain
Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-invasive brain recordings
Reconstructs aspects of language from subject-specific non-invasive brain recordings.
2023
PerspectiveMemory & the brain
Astroengrams: rethinking the cellular substrate for memory
Discusses astrocyte ensembles and an expanded view of memory engrams.
2026
Primary studyMemory & the brain
Restoration of brain circulation and cellular functions hours post-mortem
Restores circulation and selected cellular functions in isolated pig brains after death.
2019