LITERATURE · PEER REVIEWED

Thalamocortical transcriptional gates coordinate memory stabilization

Nature · 2026 · Peer reviewed

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Citation and identifiers

Terceros A, Chen C, Harada Y, et al.. “Thalamocortical transcriptional gates coordinate memory stabilization.” Nature. 649:1254–1263 · doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09774-6.

PubMed ID
41299170

RESEARCH QUESTION

Is ASH1L required for late stabilization, rather than initial formation, of selected memories in the tested mouse thalamocortical circuit?

Targeted mouse-circuit perturbation placed ASH1L late in a CAMTA1–TCF4–ASH1L cascade that maintained selected memories over weeks without defining human memory trajectories.

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What this study supports

Targeted perturbation in a mouse memory circuit identified a sequential CAMTA1–TCF4–ASH1L transcriptional cascade. In that task, ASH1L was required later to maintain selected memories over weeks rather than for initial memory formation.

What it cannot establish

Circuit- and task-specific mouse evidence. It separates memory stabilization from acquisition experimentally but does not define an individual human memory profile or prove progressive decline.

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