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Surprise: A virus-like protein is important for cognition and memory

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A protein pivotal to how the brain acquires knowledge originated from a chance evolutionary event that occurred hundreds of millions of years ago. The protein, called Arc, is involved in storing long-term memories and learning. But new research shows that Arc looks and acts like a protein from viruses.

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Unkown User, "Surprise: A virus-like protein is important for cognition and memory", MachPrinciple, January 15, 2018, https://machprinciple.com/post/Surprise-A-virus-like-protein-is-important-for-cognition-and-memory

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