Dendritic hold and read: a gated mechanism for short term information storage and retrieval.

Two contrasting theories have been proposed to explain the mechanistic basis of short term memory. One theory posits that short term memory is represented by persistent neural activity supported by reverberating feedback networks. An alternate, more recent theory posits that short term memory can be...

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Main Authors: Mariton D Santos, Michael H Mohammadi, Sunggu Yang, Conrad W Liang, Joseph P Y Kao, Bradley E Alger, Scott M Thompson, Cha-Min Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22629416/pdf/?tool=EBI