Adult neurogenesis and functional plasticity in neuronal circuits

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-193

  Lledo, Pierre Marie ^a   Alonso, Mariana ^a   Grubb, Matthew S ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPOLARIZATION; ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION STORAGE; MATURATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MITOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33644507720     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1867     Document Type: Review

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