Functional and structural underpinnings of neuronal assembly formation in learning

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1553-1562

  Holtmaat, Anthony ^a   Caroni, Pico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR;

CELL STRUCTURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTOME; FUNCTIONAL UNDERPINNING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURONAL ASSEMBLY FORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STRUCTURAL UNDERPINNING; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84991711437     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4418     Document Type: Review

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