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🐌Eric Kandel

Learning as synaptic change — from Aplysia to human memory.

Also called: Aplysia learning

Eric Kandel
Bengt Oberger · CC BY-SA 4.0
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cellular learningFocus
93/100Research
45/100Awareness
39/100Complexity
59/100Clinical
76/100Debate

Eric Kandel sits at the centre of cellular learning — studied across molecules, circuits, behaviour and clinic.

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  • Research93
  • Awareness45
  • Complexity39
  • Clinical weight59
  • Plasticity48
  • Live debate76

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Sources & research

  1. The molecular biology of memory storage: a dialogue between genes and synapsesKandel ER · 2001 · ScienceDOIPubMed
  2. Cellular mechanisms of learning and memoryKandel ER; Schwartz JH · 1982 · ScienceDOI

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