Short- and long-term memory: differential involvement of neurotransmitter systems and signal transduction cascades

Since William James (1890) first distinguished primary from secondary memory, equivalent to short- and long-term memory, respectively, it has been assumed that short-term memory processes are in charge of cognition while long-term memory is being consolidated. From those days a major question has be...

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Main Author: VIANNA,MÔNICA R.M. (author)
Other Authors: IZQUIERDO,LUCIANA A. (author), BARROS,DANIELA M. (author), WALZ,ROGER (author), MEDINA,JORGE H. (author), IZQUIERDO,IVÁN (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2000
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652000000300009
Country:Brazil
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