The plasticity-pathology continuum: Defining a role for the LTP phenomenon

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-61

  McEachern, Jill C ^a   Shaw, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age dependence; Homeostasis; Kindling; Neuroplasticity; Receptor regulation

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR;

AGE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; HOMEOSTASIS; KINDLING; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 0033214764     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19991001)58:1<42::AID-JNR6>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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