Denise Cai
Denise Cai is a neuroscientist and co-author of the 2025 review of memory engram stability and flexibility.
Who they are
Denise Cai is a neuroscientist and co-author of the 2025 review of memory engram stability and flexibility. On this site the name is tied to Engram, Memory Reconsolidation.
Key papers
Zaki, Y., & Cai, D. J. (2025). Memory engram stability and flexibility. Neuropsychopharmacology, 50(1), 285-293.
Key ideas
Engram: The lasting physical change an experience leaves in a specific group of brain cells, whose reactivation brings the memory back.
Memory Reconsolidation: The updating of a memory when it is recalled, covered in the 2025 review of engram flexibility.
Sources
- Zaki, Y., & Cai, D. J. (2025). Memory engram stability and flexibility. Neuropsychopharmacology, 50(1), 285-293.