Three UK scientists win 1m euro 'Brain Prize' for memory research
Three British researchers have won a prize worth one million euros, awarded each year for an "outstanding contribution to European neuroscience".
Tim Bliss, Graham Collingridge and Richard Morris revealed how strengthened connections between brain cells can store our memories.
Our present understanding of memory is built on their work, which unpicked the mechanisms and molecules involved.
David Shukman reports.