title: Synaptic plasticity: Building memories to last.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, 21201, USA. sthom003@umaryland.edu
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003712:Dendrites / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000378:metabolism; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate