Pattern separation in the hippocampus

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 515-525

  Yassa, Michael A ^a   Stark, Craig E L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET;

EID: 80053125086     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2011.06.006     Document Type: Review

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