IBCN   20355
INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA CELULAR Y NEUROCIENCIA "PROFESOR EDUARDO DE ROBERTIS"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Hippocampal NMDA receptors are differentially involved in memory consolidation depending on their NR2 composition
Autor/es:
COLETTIS N; CHELI V,; SNITCOFSKY M.; BLANCO C; QUILLFEDT J; KORNISUIK E.; JERUSALINSKY D.
Lugar:
Búzios, RJ, Brasil
Reunión:
Congreso; I Congresso IBRO/LARC de Neurocièncias da América Latina, Caribe e Península Ibérica; 2008
Institución organizadora:
IBRO/LARC
Resumen:
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