trm_4a3fd79d0b920 Cognitive Atlas : Lexicon : memory consolidation RDF output for 'memory consolidation' InteractiveResource Cognitive Atlas Cognitive Atlas RDF Generator Natalie Picchetti 2011-04-19 08:10:01 text/rdf en Generated by testgen.php on Sat Feb 11 0:30:54 PST 2012. Revision 3: 2 previous definitions. See http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/id/trm_4a3fd79d0b920 for complete revision history. http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept SKOS properties defined in http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer/#secrel a category of processes that stabilize a memory trace after the initial acquisition. Consolidation is distinguished into two specific processes, synaptic consolidation, which occurs within the first few hours after learning, and system consolidation, where hippocampus-dependent memories become independent of the hippocampus over a period of weeks to years. Recently, a third process has become the focus of research, reconsolidation, in which previously consolidated memories can be made labile again through reactivation of the memory trace. memory consolidation Learning and Memory reconsolidation is a kind of memory consolidation