Neuropeptide modulation of learning and memory processes

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-164

  Feany, Mel B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesiac; Cotransmission; Invertebrates; Learning; Mammals; Memory; Neuropeptides

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; LEARNING; MEMORY; MODULATION; NERVE CELL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030057342     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.1996.7.2.151     Document Type: Review

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