From synaptic transmission to cognition: An intermediary role for dendritic spines

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-183

  González Burgos, Ignacio ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dendritic spines; Learning; Memory; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84864291774     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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