Dendritic spines: the stuff that memories are made of?

Sonja B Hofer; Tobias Bonhoeffer

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.040

Dendritic spines: the stuff that memories are made of?

Curr Biol. 2010 Feb 23;20(4):R157-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.040.

Authors

Sonja B Hofer¹, Tobias Bonhoeffer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, WC1 6JJ, UK. s.hofer@ucl.ac.uk

PMID: 20178760
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.040

Abstract

Two new studies explore structural changes of nerve cells as a potential mechanism for memory formation by studying synaptic reorganization associated with motor learning.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Dendritic Spines / physiology*
Learning / physiology*
Memory / physiology*
Mice
Models, Neurological*
Neuronal Plasticity / physiology*
Synapses / physiology*