The anatomy of memory: An interactive overview of the parahippocampal- hippocampal network

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 272-282

  Van Strien, N M ^a   Cappaert, N L M ^b   Witter, M P ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMORY; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUBICULUM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MEMORY; NERVE NET;

RATTUS;

EID: 62849101387     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2614     Document Type: Review

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