Memory Traces: Snails Reveal a Novel Storage Mechanism
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A new study of memory traces in an invertebrate challenges convention in two ways: first, by demonstrating a persistent change in synaptic strength that is maintained remotely, via the passive spread of somatic depolarization; and second, by localizing a critical memory trace to neurons located outside the behavioral circuit affected by learning.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 16 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006