Acetylcholine and associative memory in the piriform cortex

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-29

  Barkai, Edi ^a   Hasselmo, Michael H ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Memory; Neuronal adaptation; Piriform cortex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG EFFECT; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031195987     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02740613     Document Type: Article

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