Insights into a molecular switch that gates sensory neuron synapses during habituation in Aplysia

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-165

  Gover, Tony D ^a   Abrams, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Habituation; Sensory gating; Synaptic depression

Indexed keywords

ARF PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DESENSITIZATION; HABITUATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; REFLEX; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 67349139927     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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