Making more synapses: A way to store information?

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 593-600

  Moser, M B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

CA1; Complex environment; Enriched environment; Hippocampus; Memory; Pyramidal cells; Spatial learning; Spines; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAMMAL; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAMMALS; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032946090     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050317     Document Type: Review

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