The Octopus: A model for a comparative analysis of the evolution of learning and memory mechanisms

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 308-317

  Hochner, Binyamin ^a   Shomrat, Tal ^a   Fiorito, Graziano ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; INVERTEBRATE; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYLOGENETICS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; OCTOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OCTOPODIFORMES;

CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OCTOPUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745686691     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4134567     Document Type: Review

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