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LTP is neither a memory trace nor an ultimate mechanism for its formation: The beginning of the end of the synaptic theory of neural memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

Lev P. Latash
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60613

Abstract

The problem of neural memory storage is discussed, based on the results of studies of memory impairment after hippocampal lesions, motor learning, and electrophysiological research on “spinal memory.” I support Shors & Matzel's major statements. The absence of reliable evidence on the LTP memory storage function and other data cast doubt on the synaptic theory of memory.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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