U09 Psych 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.1: Histone Deacetylase, Brake Pad, Nmda Receptor
2 Oct 2016
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Memory is the nervous system"s capacity to retain and retrieve skills and knowledge. Memory the nervous system"s capacity to retain and retrieve skills and knowledge: this capacity enables organisms to take information from experiences and store it retrieval later. The information we store and the memories we retrieve are often incomplete, biased, and distorted: 2 people"s memories for the same event can differ vastly. Memories are often stories that can be altered subtly by the process of recollection. Neural connection that support memory become stronger, and new synapses are constructed encoded information becomes stored in memory. Retrieval - consists of reaching into memory storage to find and bring to mind a previously encoded and stored memory when it is needed. Nmda receptor glutamate receptor that opens only if a nearby neuron fires at the same time; the firing neuron releases glutamate into the synapse, and this neurotransmitter binds with the nmda receptors on the postsynaptic neuron.
