NMDA RECEPTORS - SUBSTRATES OR MODULATORS OF MEMORY FORMATION

Authors
WALKER DL GOLD PE
Citation
Dl. Walker et Pe. Gold, NMDA RECEPTORS - SUBSTRATES OR MODULATORS OF MEMORY FORMATION, Behavioral and brain sciences, 20(4), 1997, pp. 634
Citations number
13
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<634:NR-SOM>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We agree with Shors & Matzel's general hypothesis that the proposed li nk between NMDA-dependent LTP and memory is weak. They suggest that NM DA-dependent LTP is important to arousal or attentional processes whic h influence learning in an anterograde manner. However, current eviden ce is also consistent with the view that NMDA receptors modulate memor y consolidation retroactively, as occurs in several other receptor cla sses.