Finding the engram

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 521-534

  Josselyn, Sheena A ^a,b,c   Köhler, Stefan ^d   Frankland, Paul W ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CONDITIONING; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURONS;

EID: 84939789824     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn4000     Document Type: Review

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