The reactivation of a stored memory in the brain can make the memory transiently labile.
During the time it takes for the memory to restabilize (reconsolidate) the memory can either …

Neuronal activity induces the post-translational modification of synaptic molecules, promotes
localized protein synthesis within dendrites and activates gene transcription, thereby …

Memory consolidation is the hypothetical process in which an item in memory is transformed
into a long-term form. It is commonly addressed at two complementary levels of description …

The postsynaptic side of the synapse is specialized to receive the neurotransmitter signal
released from the presynaptic terminal and transduce it into electrical and biochemical …

The synaptic tagging and capture hypothesis of protein synthesis-dependent long-term
potentiation asserts that the induction of synaptic potentiation creates only the potential for a …

Consolidated memories can re-enter states of transient instability following reactivation, from
which they must again stabilize in order to persist, contradicting the previously dominant …

Memories are readily distorted. What conditions allow memories to be altered? Converging
evidence implicates prediction error, or surprise, as a key mechanism that renders memories …

The retrieval of a memory places it into a plastic state, the result of which is that the memory
can be disrupted or even enhanced by experimental treatment. This phenomenon has been …

Most studies on memory consolidation consider the new information as if it were imposed on
a tabula rasa, but considerable evidence indicates that new memories must be interleaved …

Memory persistence is critically influenced by retrieval. In rats, a single presentation of a
conditioned fear stimulus induces memory reconsolidation and fear memory persistence …