Neural binding mechanisms in learning and memory

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1036-1046

  Opitz, Bertram ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Neural binding; PFC

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 77952956663     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.11.001     Document Type: Review

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