LTP AND LEARNING - LETS STAY TOGETHER

Authors
HAWKINS RD
Citation
Rd. Hawkins, LTP AND LEARNING - LETS STAY TOGETHER, Behavioral and brain sciences, 20(4), 1997, pp. 620
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
20
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1997)20:4<620:LAL-LS>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The hypothesis that there is a 1:1 correspondence between LTP and lear ning is simplistic, and the correlation approach to testing it is ther efore too limited. The alternative hypothesis that LTP plays a role in arousal is consistent with activity-dependent neuromodulation, but ig nores the Hebbian properties of LTP. LTP may involve both types of mec hanisms, suggesting a possible synthesis of the two hypotheses.