Cortical plasticity: It's all the range!

Stephen J. Martin; Richard G. M.  Morris

doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00015-X

Cortical plasticity: It's all the range!

Stephen J. Martin, Richard G. M. Morris

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Abstract

When rats learn a motor skill, synaptic potentials in the motor cortex are enhanced. A new study has revealed that this learning-induced enhancement limits further synaptic potentiation, but not synaptic depression. These findings support the view that activity-dependent synaptic plasticity is the brain's memory mechanism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R57-9
Journal	Current biology : CB
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00015-X
Publication status	Published - 23 Jan 2001

Keywords

Brain/physiology
Neuronal Plasticity

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