Synaptic plasticity: Building memories to last

S M Thompson

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00370-5

Synaptic plasticity: Building memories to last

Curr Biol. 2000 Mar 23;10(6):R218-21. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00370-5.

Author

S M Thompson¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, 21201, USA. sthom003@umaryland.edu

PMID: 10744964
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00370-5

Abstract

A series of recent studies has provided long-awaited direct evidence that enduring changes in synaptic strength, presumably underlying the formation of persistent memories, may be encoded in a lasting form as a change in synaptic structure.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Dendrites / physiology
Humans
Long-Term Potentiation / physiology*
Memory / physiology*
Neuronal Plasticity / physiology*
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / metabolism
Synapses / metabolism
Synapses / physiology*

Substances

Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate