Role of nitric oxide and endocannabinoids in synaptic plasticity in the perirhinal cortex and in visual recognition memory

Introduction and aims of the research Nitric oxide (NO) and endocannabinoids (eCBs) are major retrograde messengers, involved in synaptic plasticity (long-term potentiation, LTP, and long-term depression, LTD) in many brain areas (including hippocampus and neocortex), as well as in learning and memo...

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Main Author: Tamagnini, Francesco <1981>
Other Authors: Aicardi, Giorgio
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:en
Published: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna 2011
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Online Access:http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/3926/