1. Sprouting as a Basis for Classical Conditioning in the Cat
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Nakaakira Tsukahara, Yoichi Oda, and Fujio Murakami
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Behavioral plasticity ,Period (gene) ,Classical conditioning ,Long-term potentiation ,Neurotransmission ,Biology ,Plasticity ,Neuroscience ,Sprouting - Abstract
Plasticity of synaptic transmission is thought to underlie behavioral plasticity in invertebrates. In mammals, circumstantial evidence has been accumulating to suggest that long-term potentiation of synaptic transmission contributes to behavioral plasticity (e.g., Morris et al., 1986). Although long-term potentiation lasts for many days, some other mechanisms should be considered to explain behavioral modification that is retained for a much longer period.
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- 1988
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