Plasticity in the olfactory system: Lessons for the neurobiology of memory

Neuroscientist

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 513-524

  Wilson, Donald A ^a   Best, A R ^a   Sullivan, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Memory; Olfaction; Perception; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SMELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 9144259737     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858404267048     Document Type: Review

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