Intrinsic and extrinsic wiring of CA3: Indications for connectional heterogeneity

Learning and Memory

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 705-713

  Witter, Menno P ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Institute for Clinical and Experimental Neurosciences ICEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA3 SYSTEM; DENTATE GYRUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECALL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 36448985623     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.725207     Document Type: Review

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