title: Memory mechanisms. Photographic memory in flies.
abstract: A new study of olfactory memory formation in Drosophila shows that a delicate balance of CREB transcription factor activity may play a decisive role in triggering long-term memory.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001048:Aplysia / Q000502:physiology; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000502:physiology; D001692:Biological Transport; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000502:physiology*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission
chemical_list: D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases