Structural plasticity and hippocampal function

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2010, Pages 111-140

  Leuner, Benedetta ^a   Gould, Elizabeth ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Anxiety; Learning; Memory; Synapse

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITES; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 77449092328     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.093008.100359     Document Type: Article

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