NMDA Receptor and Learning (2)
Professor Graham Collingridge briefly describes how the NMDA receptor facilitates Hebbian learning (a mechanism of synaptic plasticity).
The NMDA receptor has very interesting properties, unique properties, which enable it to confer upon a synapse the so called property of Hebbian function. It gives a mechanistic explanation for the Hebbian synapse, which is one of the most important concepts of neuropsychology.
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