Pattern separation in the dentate gyrus: A role for the CA3 backprojection

Hippocampus

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1190-1215

  Myers, Catherine E ^a,b   Scharfman, Helen E ^c,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Pattern separation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; DENTATE GYRUS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NERVE NET; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 80054846810     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20828     Document Type: Article

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