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Long term potentiation: Attending to levels of organization of learning and memory mechanisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

Matthew Shapiro  and
Eric Hargreaves
Matthew Shapiro
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1 matthew@psych.mcgill.ca www.psych.mcgill.ca/perpg/pstdc/eric/home.htm
Eric Hargreaves
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1 matthew@psych.mcgill.ca www.psych.mcgill.ca/perpg/pstdc/eric/home.htm
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Abstract

Shors & Matzel set up a straw man, that LTP is a memory storage mechanism, and knock him down without due consideration of the important relations among different levels of organization and analysis regarding LTP, learning, and memory. Assessing these relationships requires analysis and hypotheses linking specific brain regions, neural circuits, plasticity mechanisms, and task demands. The issue addressed by the authors is important, but their analysis is off target.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 631 - 632
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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