ENGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does engram mean? 

• ENGRAM (noun)
  The noun ENGRAM has 1 sense:

1. a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory

  Familiarity information: ENGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

engram; memory trace

Hypernyms ("engram" is a kind of...):

memory (something that is remembered)

 Context examples 

As a result of the study, researchers discovered that memory engram cells naturally change their status from active to silent and from silent to active.

(New Study Challenges Assumptions about How Memories Are Made, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The engram cells in the prefrontal cortex, however, remained silent.

(New Study Challenges Assumptions about How Memories Are Made, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A day after the mice received an electric shock, there was evidence that memories of the fear-inducing event were stored in engram cells in both the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex.

(New Study Challenges Assumptions about How Memories Are Made, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Scientists have assumed that the engram cells in the cortex that store memory were generated slowly.

(New Study Challenges Assumptions about How Memories Are Made, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)