Memory suppressor genes: Enhancing the relationship between synaptic plasticity and memory storage

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-23

  Cardin, Jessica A ^a   Abel, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Genetically modified mice; LTP; Memory storage; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; DROSOPHILA; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033215251     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19991001)58:1<10::AID-JNR3>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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