Presynaptic induction and expression of NMDA-dependent LTP.
It is almost axiomatic in neuroscience that postsynaptically induced NMDA-dependent long-term potentiation (LTP) is a cellular substrate of memory. As a result, memory impairments caused by experimental reductions of NMDA currents are often interpreted as evidence that this form of plasticity is involved in memory formation. However, a recent Nature study indicates that not all NMDA-dependent LTP is induced postsynaptically.
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Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers State University, 197 University Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102, USA. pare@axon.rutgers.edu
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