Sunlight Brightens Learning and Memory

Lynne Chantranupong; Bernardo L Sabatini

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.05.044

Sunlight Brightens Learning and Memory

Cell. 2018 Jun 14;173(7):1570-1572. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.05.044.

Authors

Lynne Chantranupong¹, Bernardo L Sabatini²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
² Department of Neurobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: bernardo_sabatini@hms.harvard.edu.

PMID: 29906444
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.05.044

Abstract

Sunlight can alter mood, behavior, and cognition, but the cellular basis of this phenomenon remains to be fully elucidated. In this issue of Cell, Zhu et al. shed light on a UV-dependent metabolic pathway that leads to increased synaptic release of glutamate and enhanced motor learning and memory in mice.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Biosynthetic Pathways
Brain
Glutamic Acid*
Learning
Memory*
Mice
Sunlight

Substances

Glutamic Acid