Toward a Neurocentric View of Learning

Neuron

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 19-32

  Titley, Heather K ^a   Brunel, Nicolas ^a   Hansel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebellum; ensemble; hippocampus; intrinsic; memory engram; neocortex; plasticity; Purkinje cell; pyramidal cell; synaptic

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SIGNALING; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85027260311     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.05.021     Document Type: Review

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