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Strength in numbers

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A process called long-term potentiation mediates information storage — learning and memory — at the level of neurons. An in vitro study turns the molecular understanding of this process on its head. But researchers' opinions differ as to what can be inferred from these data. See Article p.495

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Figure 1: AMPA receptors at the synapse.

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  1. Morgan Sheng is in the Department of Neuroscience, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080, USA.,

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  2. Division of Biology, and the Department of Neurosciences, Roberto Malinow is in the Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior, Neurobiology Section, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.,

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  3. Richard Huganir is in the Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.,

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