Baylor College of Medicine secured the 2025 STAT Madness championship for the second year in a row. Their study revealed that astrocytes, star-shaped brain cells, play a crucial role in memory formation and recall alongside neurons. This discovery challenges the century-old belief that only neurons store memories. The research focused on the c-Fos gene, finding that 4% to 5% of astrocytes express this gene, which they termed learning-associated astrocytes (LAAs). Experiments with genetically modified mice showed that activating LAAs could induce an artificial memory response. The study, published in Nature, received 63.6% of the 92,001 votes in the final round of the competition, which featured 64 entries and attracted 374,302 total votes.
Rick Berke
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1h We have a winner! Baylor crowned STAT Madness champion for second consecutive year, for insights into memory https://statnews.com/2025/04/07/stat-madness-2025-baylor-wins-for-memory-research/β¦ via
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@BCMDeptMedicine
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Travis Miller
@travismillerx13
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Mar 1 Nathaniel Ezekiel doing Nathaniel Ezekiel things!
Runs down everyone with a 45.29 anchor split and the Baylor men close out Big 12s with the 4x400m title.
GFed
@GfedGoCrazy
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Mar 18 Remember when the big stat was βevery natl champ has been top 25 in offense and defense on Kenpom!β
Then Baylor won it with the 44th D and people just moved the goalposts and kept rolling with it like nothing happened
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