Molecules to remember.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
"Working memory" is used for the transient storage of information in the brain. In this issue of Cell, Wang et al. (2007) now reveal how a series of molecular events involving alpha2A-adrenoceptors and a class of ion channels gated by cAMP tune the responses of neural circuits that function in working memory in mammals.
Medical subject headings
- Memory, Short-Term
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2