Synaptic plasticity: A role for nitric oxide in LTP

Nitric oxide is back in the spotlight with a new series of studies showing that it plays an important role in long-term potentiation, the best-studied type of synaptic plasticity in the central nervous system thought likely to play an important role in learning and memory.

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Published inCurrent biology Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. R141 - R143
Main Author Huang, Emily P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Inc 01.03.1997
Subjects
Animals
Calcium - physiology
Calmodulin - physiology
Humans
Learning - physiology
Long-Term Potentiation - physiology
Memory - physiology
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Models, Neurological
Nerve Tissue Proteins - physiology
Nitric Oxide - physiology
Nitric Oxide Synthase - physiology
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate - physiology
Synapses - physiology
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Summary:Nitric oxide is back in the spotlight with a new series of studies showing that it plays an important role in long-term potentiation, the best-studied type of synaptic plasticity in the central nervous system thought likely to play an important role in learning and memory.
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ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/S0960-9822(97)70073-3