Memory mechanisms: The nociceptin connection
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A link between long-term potentiation (LTP) and memory has been supported by learning defects following treatments that impair LTP. Important new evidence for the link comes from mutant mice lacking the nociceptin receptor, which show improved learning and memory accompanied by enhanced LTP.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998