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Dendritic spines: the key to understanding how memory is linked in time

The overlapping dendritic segments encode memories of two contexts that were explored in time. Credit: Nature Neuroscience (2025). doi:10.1038/s41593-025-01876-8 If you’ve ever noticed how memories of the same day are connected while events apart are feeling separate weeks, a new study will reveal why. This finding comes from a mouse study, and researchers observed memory formation using advanced imaging techniques,…