The long and the short of long-term memory--a molecular framework.
A single learning event initiates several memory processes with different time courses of retention. While short term memory involves covalent modification of pre-existing proteins, the finding that long-term memory requires the expression, during learning, of additional genes, makes it possible to analyse in molecular terms the induction and retention of long-term memory.
D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008568:Memory; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D013997:Time Factors
D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011494:Protein Kinases; D002118:Calcium