Transient spine density increases in the mid-molecular layer of hippocampal dentate gyrus accompany consolidation of a spatial learning task in the rodent

Neuroscience

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 229-232

  O'Malley, A ^a   O'Connell, C ^a   Murphy, K J ^a   Regan, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Axospinous synapses; Dentate gyrus; Dissector; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; DENTATE GYRUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034638243     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00182-2     Document Type: Article

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