Can molecules explain long-term potentiation?

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 597-604

  Sanes, Joshua R ^a   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 0033365730     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/10154     Document Type: Review

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