Short- and long-term memory: differential involvement of neurotransmitter systems and signal transduction cascades

Short- and long-term memory: differential involvement of neurotransmitter systems and signal transduction cascades

Since William James (1890) first distinguished primary from secondary memory, equivalent to short- and long-term memory, respectively, it has been assumed that short-term memory processes are in charge of cognition while long-term memory is being consolidated. From those days a major question has be...

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Main Authors: MÔNICA R.M. VIANNA, LUCIANA A. IZQUIERDO, DANIELA M. BARROS, ROGER WALZ, JORGE H. MEDINA, IVÁN IZQUIERDO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2000-09-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
Short-term memory
long-term memory
hippocampus
PKA
PKC
MAPK
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