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unusual facts about Eric Kandel



Sensitization

Eric Kandel was one of the first to study the neural basis of sensitization based on his experiments observing gill withdrawal of the seaslug Aplysia in the 1960s and 1970s.

Synaptic plasticity

Two molecular mechanisms for synaptic plasticity (researched by the Eric Kandel laboratories) involve the NMDA and AMPA glutamate receptors.


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