Learning-induced axonal remodeling: Evolutionary divergence and conservation of two components of the mossy fiber system within Rodentia

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 225-235

  Rekart, Jerome L ^a   Sandoval, C Jimena ^a   Routtenberg, Aryeh ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Granule cell; Hippocampus; Mossy fibers; Mouse; Presynaptic; Rat; Spatial learning; Structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILD TYPE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; STAINING AND LABELING; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845952346     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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