Synapses need coordination to learn motor skills

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 223-230

  Lee, Kea Joo ^a   Rhyu, Im Joo ^b   Pak, Daniel T S ^c  

^a Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI)   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spine; Motor learning; Parallel fiber; Plasticity; Purkinje cell; Synapse

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCINEURIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DENDRITE; EYELID REFLEX; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNALIZATION; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; DENDRITES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PURKINJE CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84901752676     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2013-0068     Document Type: Article

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