A proposed tandem mechanism for memory storage in neurons involving magnetite and prions

Knowledge about how information is stored in neurons of animals and in the human brain is still incomplete. A hypothesis related to long-term changes in synaptic efficiency has strong experimental support, but does not seem to be able to explain all observations. It has recently been proposed that magnetite together with a prion-like protein could be involved in a tandem mechanism for storage of memory in neurons in which electric impulses are received and reshaped by the magnetite to a form which can be accepted by the protein.
Source: Medical Hypotheses - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Source Type: research