trisynaptic circuit

Introduction

The 3 major excitatory pathways of the hippocampal formation which exhibit long-term potentiation (LTP):

• the perforant pathway
• mossy fiber pathway
• Schaeffer collaterals This circuit may contain the substrate for the formation of new long-term memories.

More general terms

• brain structure

Additional terms

• hippocampal mossy fiber pathway
• long term potentiation (LTP)
• perforant pathway
• Schaeffer collaterals
• tertiary (long-term) memory