… and memory in the mammalian brain. Long-term potentiation (LTP), a phenomenon in which brief repetitive activity causes … molecular techniques to elucidate the molecular basis of LTP. We have found that LTP involves the rapid activity-dependent trafficking of …
… When we gain new information that we want to remember, LTP would be the molecular solder for the needed circuit … provided the first direct demonstration that hippocampal LTP is actually induced by learning. The team succeeded by … advantage of then new tools for separating the effects of LTP from its oppositely acting cousin long-term depression. …
