Do the right thing: neural network mechanisms of memory formation, expression and update in Drosophila

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2018, Pages 51-58

  Cognigni, Paola ^a   Felsenberg, Johannes ^a   Waddell, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXPECTATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; INTEGRATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY RECONSOLIDATION; MUSHROOM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY MEMORY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS;

EID: 85038239081     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.12.002     Document Type: Review

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