New frontiers in the study of memory mechanisms

We review recent work on three major lines of memory research: a) the possible role of the protein kinase M-zeta (PKMzeta) in memory persistence; b) the processes of “synaptic tagging and capture” in memory formation; c) the modulation of extinction learning, widely used in the psychotherapy of fear...

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Main Authors: Cristiane R.G. Furini, Jociane C. Myskiw, Fernando Benetti, Ivan Izquierdo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2013-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462013000200173&lng=en&tlng=en