How memories are formed is an enduring puzzle. Two studies further implicate a process by which synapses in the brain are made weaker, as well as stronger, and provide pointers as to how the two phenomena are regulated.
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Stevens, C. Strengths and weaknesses in memory. Nature 381, 471–472 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/381471a0
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