Some principles emerging from the study of short- and long-term memory.
Recent studies indicate that in invertebrates short-term memory for various forms of learning involves covalent modifications of pre-existing proteins. By contrast, long-term memory utilizes genes and proteins not required for short-term memory.
D000818:Animals; D001048:Aplysia; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena