Mechanisms of Neocortical Long-Term Potentiation and Long-Term Depression in the Freely Behaving Rat.

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dc.contributor.advisor	Racine, R.J.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Eckert, Michael	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-18T16:33:52Z	-
dc.date.available	2014-06-18T16:33:52Z	-
dc.date.created	2010-04-28	en_US
dc.date.issued	2003-03	en_US
dc.identifier.other	opendissertations/1341	en_US
dc.identifier.other	2357	en_US
dc.identifier.other	1291200	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11375/6004	-
dc.description.abstract	<p>Long-term potentiation (LTP) and depression (LTD) are activity-dependent changes in synaptic strength that model how the brain might store memories. The mechanisms of LTP and LTD have been studied extensively in the hippocampus because the hippocampus is critical for memory storage. The neocortex is also believed to be critical for the long-term storage of memories, but less work on LTP and LTD has been done in the neocortex. Furthermore, the majority of neocortical LTP and LTD studies have been carried out in artifical brain-slice preparations. The experiments presented in this thesis test some mechanisms of LTP and LTD in the neocortex of the awake, freely behaving rat.</p>	en_US
dc.subject	Psychology	en_US
dc.subject	Psychology	en_US
dc.title	Mechanisms of Neocortical Long-Term Potentiation and Long-Term Depression in the Freely Behaving Rat.	en_US
dc.type	thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Psychology	en_US
dc.description.degree	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	en_US
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