Imaging studies on depressed humans show shrinkage in their hippocampus, a brain region involved in learning, memory and emotion that is also a region where much neurogenesis occurs.

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This meeting will bring together international experts working on the elaboration of the conceptual guide for the managers of itineraries of memory, specialists of training, operators of the tourism of memory and representatives of NGOs working on the valorization of this memory, from various region of the world (Africa, Americas, Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Europe).

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But after a while, we realized that studying the cells in a region involved in memory is necessary but not sufficient.

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But the seizure of seven foreign workers in the north of the country makes Sunday's raid one of the most significant in that region in recent memory.

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First, the Radios serve as repositories of national memory for the countries of the region.

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In this sense, and many others, the 3.11.11 disaster will continue to be exact a heavy toll on Japan, even as its heart-rending human and material toll in the Tohoku region grow dimmer in sight and memory.

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The Conference will also involve representatives from the Intangible Cultural Heritage sector and will be preceded by a meeting of the Regional Memory of the World Committee for the Asia-Pacific Region (MOWCAP) on 17 and 18 February.

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Rebecca Wood, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Research Trust told BBC News Online the finding was potentially significant as the region of the brain on which the researchers focused was known to play a role in memory.

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