Time scales of memory, learning, and plasticity

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 106, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 715-726

  Tetzlaff, Christian ^a   Kolodziejski, Christoph ^a   Markelic, Irene ^a   Wörgötter, Florentin ^a  

^a BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Long term memory; Long term plasticity; Short term memory; Short term plasticity; Structural plasticity; Time scales; Working memory

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TIME MEASUREMENT;

LONG TERM MEMORY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SHORT TERM PLASTICITY; TIME-SCALES; WORKING MEMORY;

PLASTICITY;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877257267     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-012-0529-z     Document Type: Article

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