Biomembrane (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Biomembrane

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A pure lipid membrane formed using lipid-coated water droplets exhibits long-term potentiation, or LTP, associated with learning and memory, emulating hippocampal LTP observed in the brains of mammals and birds.

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Credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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