Memory mechanisms. Photographic memory in flies

Curr Biol. 1995 Aug 1;5(8):852-3. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(95)00171-0.

Abstract

A new study of olfactory memory formation in Drosophila shows that a delicate balance of CREB transcription factor activity may play a decisive role in triggering long-term memory.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aplysia / physiology
  • Avoidance Learning / physiology
  • Biological Transport
  • Conditioning, Classical
  • Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / physiology*
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Drosophila melanogaster / physiology*
  • Memory / physiology*
  • Smell / physiology*
  • Synaptic Transmission

Substances

  • Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases