Morphological Basis of Learning and Memory
MORPHOLOGICAL BASIS OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
[An increasing body of evidence indicates that learning and memory involve changes in the strength of the connections between neurons. However, changes in synaptic strength can be realized in many ways. One exciting possibility is that changes in strength are produced by growth of new synaptic contacts. This possibility was suggested more than a centuryago, but has received strong experimental support since the 1980s. These results are reviewed in the following two entries, which focus on studies inI nvertebratemodel systems andV ertebratemodel systems respectively.]
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