Developmental studies of the hippocampus and hippocampal-dependent behaviors: Insights from interdisciplinary studies and tips for new investigators

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-190

  Albani, Sarah H ^a   McHail, Daniel G ^a   Dumas, Theodore C ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPAR; Behavioral testing; Environment; Hippocampus; Juvenile; Learning and memory; NMDAR; Novelty; Place field; Postnatal development; Spatial navigation; Y maze

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; EPISODIC MEMORY; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; MEMORY, EPISODIC; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84899815394     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.04.009     Document Type: Review

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