A journey from neocortex to hippocampus

被引:7
作者
Bliss, TVP [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Inst Med Res, Div Neurophysiol, London NW7 1AA, England
关键词
neocortex to hippocampus; long-term potentiation; synaptic plasticity; Hebb; learning; memory;
D O I
10.1098/rstb.2002.1227
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 [理学]; 0710 [生物学]; 09 [农学];
摘要
In the mid-1960s, it was generally agreed that the engram, the neural trace of previously experienced events, must be encoded by Hebb-like neurons in which synaptic efficacy could be modified by activity. Here, I describe my attempts as a PhD student at McGill University, Montreal, to find rules governing cortical plasticity in the neocortex, and having failed, why the hippocampus seemed to offer a far better prospect.
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