Increased pattern separation in the aged fascia dentata

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2317.e23-2317.e32

  Marrone, Diano F ^a,b   Adams, Allison A ^a   Satvat, Elham ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Granule cell; Hippocampal function; Imaging; Learning and memory; Population coding

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EGR1 GENE; FASCIA DENTATA; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MARKER GENE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PATTERN SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; ZIF268 GENE;

EID: 84856428603     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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