Asymmetry of brain function

Title
Asymmetry of brain function
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Rogers, Lesley
Editor
Editor(s): Marc Guttman
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Marc Guttman
Place of publication
East Lyme, United States of America
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:20225
Abstract
In the 1970s I was conducting research on the molecular processes that take place when memories are laid down in the brain. I was blockimg memory formation in young, domestic chicks ('Gallus gallus') by treating their brains with drugs known to inhibit specific cellular processes thought to be essential for memory formation. One of these drugs was the inhibitor of protein synthesis, cycloheximide, chosen because long-term memory is thought to depend on nerve cells making new proteins. I discovered that cycloheximide does block long-term memory but that is not all it does. It also causes long-lasting impairment of further learning that depends on both long- and short-term memory.
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Citation
We Discover, p. 30-36
ISBN
9780984980239
Start page
30
End page
36

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