The biology of memory: a forty-year perspective.

Full Abstract

In the forty years since the Society for Neuroscience was founded, our understanding of the biology of memory has progressed dramatically. From a historical perspective, one can discern four distinct periods of growth in neurobiological research during that time. Here I use that chronology to chart a personalized and selective course through forty years of extraordinary advances in our understanding of the biology of memory storage.

Author information

Author/s: Kandel, Eric R (ER);

Affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA. erk5(-atsign-)columbia.edu

Grants: (Agency:Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Historical Article; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience (J Neurosci), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Oct; vol 29 (issue 41) : pp 12748-56

Dates: Created 2009/10/15; Completed 2009/10/30;

PMID: 19828785, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/30/2009, IMS Date: )

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