Long-term potentiation and spatial training are both associated with the generation of new excitatory synapses

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 353-359

  Andersen, Per ^a   Figenschou Soleng, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Learning; Long term potentiation; Plasticity; Synapses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE LEARNING; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032079141     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(97)00042-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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