Learning to learn: Theta oscillations predict new learning, which enhances related learning and neurogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Nokia, Miriam S ^a,b   Sisti, Helene M ^a,c   Choksi, Monica R ^a   Shors, Tracey J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; LEARNING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THETA RHYTHM;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84856800420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031375     Document Type: Article

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