Memory consolidation

Memory consolidation is a category of processes that stabilize a memory trace after its initial acquisition.[1] A memory trace is a change in the nervous system caused by memorizing something. Consolidation is distinguished into two specific processes. The first, synaptic consolidation, which is thought to correspond to late-phase long-term potentiation,[2] occurs on a small scale in the synaptic connections and neural circuits within the first few hours after learning. The second process is systems consolidation, occurring on a much larger scale in the brain, rendering hippocampus-dependent memories independent of the hippocampus over a period of weeks to years. Recently, a third process has become the focus of research, reconsolidation, in which previously consolidated memories can be made labile again through reactivation of the memory trace.[3][4]

position of consolidation to the information-to-memory process
The line processes to make information memory
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  2. ^ Bramham, C. R.; Messaoudi, E. (2005). "BDNF function in adult synaptic plasticity: The synaptic consolidation hypothesis". Progress in Neurobiology. 76 (2): 99–125. doi:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2005.06.003. PMID 16099088. S2CID 22770640.
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