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A comparative approach to the principal mechanisms of different memory systems

Overview of attention for article published in The Science of Nature, August 2009
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Title
A comparative approach to the principal mechanisms of different memory systems
Published in
The Science of Nature, August 2009
DOI 10.1007/s00114-009-0591-0
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Ludger Rensing, Michael Koch, Annette Becker

Abstract

The term "memory" applies not only to the preservation of information in neuronal and immune systems but also to phenomena observed for example in plants, single cells, and RNA viruses. We here compare the different forms of information storage with respect to possible common features. The latter may be characterized by (1) selection of pre-existing information, (2) activation of memory systems often including transcriptional, and translational, as well as epigenetic and genetic mechanisms, (3) subsequent consolidation of the activated state in a latent form (standby mode), and (4) reactivation of the latent state of memory systems when the organism is exposed to the same (or conditioned) signal or to previous selective constraints. These features apparently also exist in the "evolutionary memory," i.e., in evolving populations which have highly variable mutant spectra.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Switzerland 2 4%
United Kingdom 1 2%
Germany 1 2%
United States 1 2%
Unknown 49 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 19 35%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 24%
Student > Master 5 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 7%
Professor 3 6%
Other 4 7%
Unknown 6 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 26 48%
Psychology 5 9%
Neuroscience 5 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 4%
Other 5 9%
Unknown 8 15%
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Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 October 2023.
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#3,940,289
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#485
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#16,988
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#5
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