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The Journal of Neuroscience, October 14, 2009, 29(41):12748-12756; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3958-09.2009

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40th Anniversary Retrospective
The Biology of Memory: A Forty-Year Perspective

Eric R. Kandel

Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032

Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Eric R. Kandel, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, #664, New York, NY 10032. Email: erk5{at}columbia.edu

In the forty years since the Society for Neuroscience was founded, our understanding of the biology of memory has progressed dramatically. From a historical perspective, one can discern four distinct periods of growth in neurobiological research during that time. Here I use that chronology to chart a personalized and selective course through forty years of extraordinary advances in our understanding of the biology of memory storage.

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Received Aug. 12, 2009; accepted Aug. 17, 2009.

Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Eric R. Kandel, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, #664, New York, NY 10032. Email: erk5{at}columbia.edu

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