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Synaptic plasticity and self-organization in the hippocampus

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A new paper reports that long-term potentiation in the hippocampus, a model of learning and memory, can induce sharp wave-ripple complexes, which are thought to be critical for the stabilization of memory traces in cortex.

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Figure 1: Self-organized burst of activity in the hippocampal CA3 region produces a field potential in the dendritic layer of CA1 and a short-lived fast-frequency field oscillation (200-Hz ripple) within stratum pyramidale, as well as a phase-related discharge of the neurons.

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Buzsáki, G., Chrobak, J. Synaptic plasticity and self-organization in the hippocampus. Nat Neurosci 8, 1418–1420 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1105-1418

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