The growth and maintenance of new synaptic terminals makes memory persist.... The ability to grow new synaptic connections as a result of experience appears to have been conserved throughout evolution. As an example... the cortical maps of the body surface are subject to constant modification in response to changing input from sensory pathways.


In Search of Memory (2006)


The growth and maintenance of new synaptic terminals makes memory persist.... The ability to grow new synaptic connections as a result of experience...

The growth and maintenance of new synaptic terminals makes memory persist.... The ability to grow new synaptic connections as a result of experience...

The growth and maintenance of new synaptic terminals makes memory persist.... The ability to grow new synaptic connections as a result of experience...

The growth and maintenance of new synaptic terminals makes memory persist.... The ability to grow new synaptic connections as a result of experience...