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Preface to the Special Issue: "Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Memory"
Clara Ortega-de San Luis1, Wayne S Sossin2
1Department of Health Sciences, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain.
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A key question in neuroscience is how memories are formed and maintained at the molecular and cellular levels. Key findings on the importance of transcriptional and translational changes after an experience has occurred have not yet been transformed into a mechanistic understanding of how neuronal and synaptic properties encode the experience. In this special issue of the "Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Memory" we bring together 8 manuscripts that address this issue from a broad range of perspectives.
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