The Role and Dynamic of Strengthening in the Reconsolidation Process in a Human Declarative Memory: What Decides the Fate of Recent and Older Memories?

Cecilia Forcato; Rodrigo S. Fernandez; María E. Pedreira

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061688

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The Role and Dynamic of Strengthening in the Reconsolidation Process in a Human Declarative Memory: What Decides the Fate of Recent and Older Memories?

Cecilia Forcato ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Cecilia Forcato, Rodrigo S. Fernandez

Current address: Department of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Affiliation Laboratorio de Neurobiología de la Memoria, Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, IFIBYNE – CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Rodrigo S. Fernandez ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Cecilia Forcato, Rodrigo S. Fernandez

Affiliation Laboratorio de Neurobiología de la Memoria, Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, IFIBYNE – CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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María E. Pedreira

* E-mail: mpedreira@fbmc.fcen.uba.ar

Affiliation Laboratorio de Neurobiología de la Memoria, Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, IFIBYNE – CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The Role and Dynamic of Strengthening in the Reconsolidation Process in a Human Declarative Memory: What Decides the Fate of Recent and Older Memories?

Cecilia Forcato,
Rodrigo S. Fernandez,
María E. Pedreira

Published: April 26, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061688

About the Authors

Cecilia Forcato

Contributed equally to this work with: Cecilia Forcato, Rodrigo S. Fernandez

Current address: Department of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Affiliation Laboratorio de Neurobiología de la Memoria, Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, IFIBYNE – CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rodrigo S. Fernandez

Contributed equally to this work with: Cecilia Forcato, Rodrigo S. Fernandez

María E. Pedreira

* E-mail: mpedreira@fbmc.fcen.uba.ar

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CF RSF MEP. Performed the experiments: CF RSF. Analyzed the data: CF RSF MEP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CF RSF MEP. Wrote the paper: MEP.

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