LTP and excitotoxicity

[C. FREDERICK LO]

To my understanding, LTP may not be the mechanism of memory.  It is just 
that LTP can be observed in the hippocampus, where memory is thought to 
be stored.  Also, LTP is an example of a long term enhancement of 
synaptic transmission.  The general reviews I have read about LTP and 
memory is that drugs that block LTP can affect certain memory-related 
tasks in rat or mice.  And that may strengthen the connection between LTP 
and memory, although the evidence is not sufficient to prove that LTP is 
the mechanism responsible for memory.

-- Fred