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LTP plays a distinct role in various brain structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

Ken-ichi Hara  and
Tatsuo Kitajima
Ken-ichi Hara
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ishinomaki Sensyu University, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, 986 Japanhara@neuron.em.isenshu-u.ac.jp
Tatsuo Kitajima
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992 Japankitajima@eie.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

LTP is thought to be an experimental model for studying the cellular mechanism of learning and memory. Shors & Matzel review some contradictory data concerning the linkage between LTP and memory and suggest that LTP does not underlie learning and memory. LTP is a cellular and synaptic process and cannot be a memory mechanism. In fact, it is a cellular information storage mechanism.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 620
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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