Synaptic plasticity and memory: An evaluation of the hypothesis. Martin, S., Grimwood, P., & Morris, R. Annu Rev Neurosci, 23:649-711, 2000. doi abstract bibtex Changing the strength of connections between neurons is widely assumed to be the mechanism by which memory traces are encoded and stored in the central nervous system. In its most general form, the synaptic plasticity and memory hypothesis states that "activity-dependent synaptic plasticity is induced at appropriate synapses during memory formation and is both necessary and sufficient for the information storage underlying the type of memory mediated by the brain area in which that plasticity is observed." We outline a set of criteria by which this hypothesis can be judged and describe a range of experimental strategies used to investigate it. We review both classical and newly discovered properties of synaptic plasticity and stress the importance of the neural architecture and synaptic learning rules of the network in which it is embedded. The greater part of the article focuses on types of memory mediated by the hippocampus, amygdala, and cortex. We conclude that a wealth of data supports the notion that synaptic plasticity is necessary for learning and memory, but that little data currently supports the notion of sufficiency.
@Article{Martin2000,
author = {SJ Martin and PD Grimwood and RG Morris},
journal = {Annu Rev Neurosci},
title = {Synaptic plasticity and memory: {A}n evaluation of the hypothesis.},
year = {2000},
pages = {649-711},
volume = {23},
abstract = {Changing the strength of connections between neurons is widely assumed
to be the mechanism by which memory traces are encoded and stored
in the central nervous system. In its most general form, the synaptic
plasticity and memory hypothesis states that "activity-dependent
synaptic plasticity is induced at appropriate synapses during memory
formation and is both necessary and sufficient for the information
storage underlying the type of memory mediated by the brain area
in which that plasticity is observed." We outline a set of criteria
by which this hypothesis can be judged and describe a range of experimental
strategies used to investigate it. We review both classical and newly
discovered properties of synaptic plasticity and stress the importance
of the neural architecture and synaptic learning rules of the network
in which it is embedded. The greater part of the article focuses
on types of memory mediated by the hippocampus, amygdala, and cortex.
We conclude that a wealth of data supports the notion that synaptic
plasticity is necessary for learning and memory, but that little
data currently supports the notion of sufficiency.},
doi = {10.1146/annurev.neuro.23.1.649},
keywords = {Amygdala, Animals, Evaluation Studies, Hippocampus, Human, Learning, Long-Term Potentiation, Memory, Models, Neurological, Neural Pathways, Neuronal Plasticity, Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Synapses, 10845078},
}
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