The secret life of memories.
Recent evidence has challenged the view that memories are made permanent by a consolidation process that happens just once and instead have suggested that memories are "re-consolidated" after reminders. The current findings of Morris et al. in this issue of Neuron suggest that reconsolidation may involve a complex interaction between synaptic and system processing of recent as well as remote experiences.
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Center for Memory and Brain, Boston University, 2 Cummington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.