Role of Gene Transcription in Long-Term Memory Storage

Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 161-179

  Hawk, J ^a   Abel, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Consolidation; Epigenetics; Gene expression; Hippocampus; Histone modification; Memory; Neuron; Plasticity; Transcription; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977606988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045396-5.00030-0     Document Type: Chapter

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