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As in the cells store enough information to recreate those synapses when needed?

• azernik 11y ago
  Not an expert; what I think jdpigeon is referring to, though, is that the information storage is just fine, even if the indexing mechanisms aren't. Like recovering data from a broken filesystem - the directory structure is lost and for a normal usecase the data might as well be gone, but a lot of the content is theoretically there and recoverable if some indexing system (even one different from the original) can be created.
• jdpigeon 11y ago
  Yes! It hasn't been demonstrated in mammals, but in the elife paper linked above, I think they saw synapses regrowing in the same positions. However, its not clear if it's actually necessary for them to be in the same position.