Age-Dependent Modulation of Learning and Memory in Caenorhabditis elegans

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue , 2013, Pages 140-150

  Murakami, Shin ^a  

^a TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatid remodeling; Cognitive aging; CREB; Epigenetics; Evolution; Insulin; Long term memory; Noncoding RNA; Serotonin; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886033073     PISSN: 15697339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-415823-8.00012-5     Document Type: Chapter

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