Structural changes and the storage of long-term memory in Aplysia

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 738-747

  Bailey, Craig H ^a  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Habituation; Invertebrate; Learning; Sensitization; Synapse

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APLYSIA; CELL ADHESION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HABITUATION; INVERTEBRATE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0032720980     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-77-9-738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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