title: Memory mechanisms: the yin and yang of protein phosphorylation.
abstract: Protein phosphorylation has long been known to play a key role in triggering the synaptic changes underlying learning and memory. Recent studies highlight the importance of tightly regulated dephosphorylation as a mechanism controlling the induction of long-term synaptic change and lasting memory.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. david@cns.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Sweatt
mesh_terms: D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins