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Memory formation: its molecular and cell biology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Steven P. R. Rose
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Abstract

Memories are stored in the brain in the form of changes in synaptic connectivity brought about through a cascade of molecular processes. Transient synaptic changes result in alterations in gene expression and, ultimately, the synthesis of a family of cell adhesion molecules which are responsible for holding the synapse in a new configuration. However, memory remains a dynamic property of the brain system as a whole, rather than ‘residing’ in any particular small region.

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European Review , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , July 1995 , pp. 243 - 256
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Copyright © Academia Europaea 1995

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