Behavioral Tagging: A Translation of the Synaptic Tagging and Capture Hypothesis

Figure 3

Competence for PRPs in LTM formation. A strong training not only triggers the synthesis of PRPs (red circle) but also induces its learning tag (dashed-dotted circle). Weak training experienced close to the strong one only set its corresponding learning tag (dashed-circle). So, these different types of tags could compete inside a cell to capture the PRPs that are available around them. If the amount of proteins is limited it was observed that one LTM is promoted and the other one is impaired. This process should be accomplished in a subset of cells which were activated by both training experiences.