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CREB

British

noun

cyclic amp-response element binding protein; a protein involved in the long-term memory process

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To confirm young plasma was working through CREB, Villeda’s PhD student Kristopher Plambeck designed a virus that turned the master regulator off.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2015

It showed that young plasma worked through CREB, though not exclusively.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2015

Without CREB, it seems, snails--and by extension, more developed animals like humans--can form no long-term memories.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even more intriguing, the signals amplified the activity of a second gene--a gene called CREB.

From Time Magazine Archive

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