Synaptic and molecular mechanisms regulating plasticity during early learning

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1016, Issue , 2004, Pages 416-437

  Nordeen, Kathy W ^a   Nordeen, Ernest J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Development; Learning; NMDA receptor; Sensitive period

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CALCIUM; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MAGNESIUM; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN);

AUDITORY CORTEX; BASAL GANGLION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FOREBRAIN; FOWL; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SONGBIRD; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; PASSERI;

EID: 3242696824     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1298.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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