Open Peer Commentary Quartz & Sejnowski: Cognitive development
Without LTP the learning circuit is broken
Michael S. Fanselow a1 a1 Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563
fanselow@ucla.edu
Abstract
Since learning emerges from a circuit mediating behavior it is
unrealistic to require LTP to be a sufficient explanation of
it; however, LTP is a necessary component of some learning
circuits. The properties of that component bear a closer formal
relationship to the acquisition of associative strength than to the
modulation of attention.
