Muscle memory?

[arnie wannabie]

I understand muscle memory to an extent in regards to muscle regeneration, i know that if you have a certain amount of muscle and then say you stopped training for a few months, the muscle you lose in this time will be regained far qui8ker than it was to build the muscle in the first place and you'll be back where you left off in relatively short amount of time, but my question is does muscle memory work the same if one has lost muscle due to a cutting diet, example someone has 200 pounds lean body mas (muscle) and then dude to a calorie restricted diet and excessive cardio thye lose 15 pounds of muscle mass will muscle memory put this muscle back on the same as if one has a lay-off?, anyone who knows let me know please, i only ask this as when it comes to lay offs the muscle isnt calorie restricted or ran off so to speak it is just not used so it naturally becomes smaller etc, they are differnet ways off muscle loss, if you know what i mean?