Synaptic plasticity: the basis of particular types of learning

Y Goda; C F Stevens

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00499-2

Synaptic plasticity: the basis of particular types of learning

Curr Biol. 1996 Apr 1;6(4):375-8. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00499-2.

Authors

Y Goda¹, C F Stevens

Affiliation

¹ Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.

PMID: 8723336
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00499-2

Abstract

A new twist to the relationship between synaptic plasticity and learning and memory is revealed by the latest series of studies comparing animal behavior with electrophysiological recordings in the hippocampus.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / metabolism
Hippocampus / metabolism*
Learning / physiology*
Long-Term Potentiation / physiology*
Memory / physiology*
Neuronal Plasticity / physiology*
Synapses / metabolism
Thy-1 Antigens / metabolism

Substances

Thy-1 Antigens
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases