Cellular and molecular mechanisms of memory: The LTP connection

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-337

  Miller, Stephan ^a   Mayford, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033152918     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80050-1     Document Type: Article

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