Novel environments enhance the induction and maintenance of long-term potentiation in the dentate gyrus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 29, 2004, Pages 6497-6506

  Davis, Cyndy D ^a,b   Jones, Floretta L ^a   Derrick, Brian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Saneron CCEL Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Fascia dentata; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation (LTP); Novelty; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; THETA RHYTHM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; DENTATE GYRUS; ENVIRONMENT; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; PERFORANT PATHWAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 3242744299     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4970-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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