Molecular neurobiology - Making memories stick?

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Bargmann, C [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif San Francisco, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Dept Anat, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
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10.1038/35020
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Studies of the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster have revealed a hitherto unknown protein that is involved in the process of memory formation. Flies lacking this protein — known as Volado, meaning 'absent-minded' — cannot learn to associate particular odours with an electric shock. Volado belongs to the integrin family of cell-adhesion receptors, so it could be involved in moulding the connections between neurons.
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