Relating hippocampal neurogenesis to behavior: The dangers of ignoring confounding variables

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2169-2171

  Lazic, Stanley E ^a  

^a Bioinformatics and Exploratory Data Analysis   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Memory; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650171043     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.04.037     Document Type: Note

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