title: Olfactory coding: tagging and tuning odor-activated synapses for memory.
abstract: A recent study in the locust olfactory system shows how neuromodulators can alter the rules of synaptic plasticity to form associative memories through the use of 'tagged' synapses.
authors.affiliation: NIH-NICHD, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.
authors.forename: Zane N
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Aldworth
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stopfer
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008568:Memory; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D009812:Odorants / Q000032:analysis; D012903:Smell; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents