Synaptic Potentiation of Engram cells is Necessary and Sufficient for Context Fear Memory
Leonardo Minete Cardozo, André F. de Sousa, Blythe C. Dillingham, Westley Dang, Nicholas Job, Eun J. Yoo, Sural K. Ranamukhaarachchi, Qi Yuan, Mark R. Mayford
This study shows that synaptic potentiation onto engram neurons in the basolateral amygdala is necessary and sufficient for context fear memory formation.
Communications Biology · Jun 4, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience