Preparing for adulthood: Thousands upon thousands of new cells are born in the hippocampus during puberty, and most survive with effortful learning

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 APR, 2014, Pages

  Curlik II, Daniel M ^a   DiFeo, Gina ^a   Shors, Tracey J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Dentate gyrus; Eyeblink conditioning; Hippocampus; Neurogenesis; Pubescence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; EYELID REFLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; JUVENILE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PUBERTY; RAT;

EID: 84904909088     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00070     Document Type: Article

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