Physiological memory in primary auditory cortex: Characteristics and mechanisms

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 226-251

  Weinberger, Norman M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic muscarinic mechanisms in cortical plasticity; Memory taxonomy; Nucleus basalis; Primary auditory cortical plasticity; Receptive field plasticity; Representation of acquired stimulus importance

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDITORY CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GUINEA PIG; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY CORTEX; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0032122411     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1998.3850     Document Type: Conference Paper

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