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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)R57-9
    JournalCurrent biology : CB
    Volume11
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 23 Jan 2001

    Keywords

    • Brain/physiology
    • Neuronal Plasticity

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