The critical role of cholinergic basal forebrain neurons in morphological change and memory encoding: A hypothesis

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 258-266

  Woolf, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONDITIONING; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0030297372     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.0068     Document Type: Article

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