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Potential Contribution of Retrotransposons to Learning and Memory

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Increasing evidence indicates that insertion of transposable elements, particularly retrotransposons, may play a critical role in learning and memory. Here, I review the evidence that retrotransposition is triggered in neurons by learning-related events and discuss the implications of this phenomenon for understanding how memory is encoded.

Preparation of this paper was supported in part by NSF Award IOS 2050850 to DLG. The author thanks Joseph Alzagatiti for helpful comments on the manuscript.

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Glanzman, D.L. (2024). Potential Contribution of Retrotransposons to Learning and Memory. In: Witzany, G. (eds) Epigenetics in Biological Communication. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59286-7_12

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