Spatial learning activates neural cell adhesion molecule polysialylation in a corticohippocampal pathway within the medial temporal lobe

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2538-2546

  O'Connell, Alan W ^a   Fox, Gerard B ^a   Barry, Thomas ^a   Murphy, Keith J ^a   Fichera, Giacomo ^a   Foley, Andrew G ^a   Kelly, John ^a   Regan, Ciaran M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Entorhinal cortex; Morris water maze; Neural cell adhesion molecule polysialylation; Perirhinal cortex; Plasticity; Rat

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031002461     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.68062538.x     Document Type: Article

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