The tractable contribution of synapses and their component molecules to individual differences in learning

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 53-66

  Matzel, Louis D ^a   Gandhi, Chetan C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Calcium; Exocytosis; Individual differences; Learning; Memory; Synaptic transmission; Synaptic vesicle proteins

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION;

AGING; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXOCYTOSIS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MOLLUSC; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LEARNING; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034051960     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00184-9     Document Type: Article

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