Long-term potentiation is associated with new excitatory spine synapses on rat dentate granule cells

Learning Memory

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 218-228

  Trommald, Mari ^a   Hulleberg, Gunn ^a   Andersen, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029910933     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.3.2-3.218     Document Type: Article

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