title: Synaptic plasticity: the basis of particular types of learning.
abstract: A new twist to the relationship between synaptic plasticity and learning and memory is revealed by the latest series of studies comparing animal behavior with electrophysiological recordings in the hippocampus.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goda
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism*; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018800:Thy-1 Antigens; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases