Associative memory formation increases the observation of dendritic spines in the hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 659-665

  Leuner, Benedetta ^a   Falduto, Jacqueline ^a   Shors, Tracey J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal dendrites; Eyeblink conditioning; Learning; NMDA; Synaptic plasticity; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DENSITY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; EYELID REFLEX; GOLGI COMPLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TETANY;

EID: 0037439744     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-02-00659.2003     Document Type: Article

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