Genes, brain, and mind: The evolution of cognition

Neuron

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1073-1080

  Black, Ira B ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DNA;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CELL DIVISION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; THEORY;

EID: 0032103350     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80489-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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