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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism, human memory, and synaptic neuroplasticity.
Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science - 1 Jan 2000
Lamb Yvette N, McKay Nicole S, Thompson Christopher S, Hamm Jeffrey P, Waldie Karen E, Kirk Ian J
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Some people have much better memory than others, and there is compelling evidence that a considerable proportion of this variation in memory ability is genetically inherited. A form of synaptic plasticity known as long-term potentiation (LTP) is the principal candidate mechanism underlying memory formation in neural circuits, and it might be expected, therefore, that a genetic influence on the degree of LTP might...
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