A Photo of the Potential Engram (IMAGE)

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

A Photo of the Potential Engram

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Without activity, only few vesicles are found at the synapse. After a short burst of activity, vesicles dock at the synapse. The pool of vesicles is stored at the synapse even minutes later. This pool may be the physical trace of memory, the 'engram'.

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