Neuroscience News.

Discusses the involvement of the medial temporal lobe (MTL) in memory retrieval and in the process of memory consolidation over a period of time. Brain structures involved in the MTL system; Description of the memory process in accordance with the theory of memory; Role of the MTL as a guide to the development of memory consolidation to produce stable mnemonic neocortex representations; Irrelevancy of the MTL in the recall of past memories; Determination of the actual theories that explain brain memory processing according to a time limited process using magnetic resonance imaging.