Great Neuroscience Story

And it's in the Los Angeles Times! It's the story of Gary Lynch's study of ampakines, how they affect long-term pontentiation, and his hope that LTP was the underlying process of memory. Mix in a new staining technique to actually visualize a "trace" of a memory, the egos involved in paper publishing and attending conferences, and even shorting the stocks of competitors' biotech companies out of spite, and this story is also a great examination of the lives surrounding scientific work in microbiology. Fascinating. Read all of it.