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Plan Intro Q1 (a) Read the short extract below (adapted from a article on memory published in a prestigious journal; you do not need the reference), which clearly implys that the LTP is mechanism that underlines learning memory. Using the evidence presented in Book 5, Chapter 1, write a structured account (i.e. an essay) disusing the extent to which you agree with the implication, and reviewing the evidence for and against LTP as the synaptic basis of learning memory. Introduction Learning is the acquisition of new information and memory is the storage of such information. The neurobiological basis of learning and memory remain poorly understood but long-term potentiation (LTP) is a possible mechanism. LTP is a form of activity dependent synaptic enhancement, which allows synapses to become strengthened on the basis of their previous activity. It has been defined as "a long-term increase in the excitability of a neuron to a particular synaptic input...

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