The biochemistry of memory: The 26 year journey of a 'new and specific hypothesis'

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-133

  Baudry, Michel ^a   Bi, Xiaoning ^b   Gall, Christine ^c   Lynch, Gary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Western University of Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; BDNF; Calpain; Hippocampus; Learning and memory

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALPAIN; COFILIN; ESTROGEN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SPECTRIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79951775349     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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