Assigning function to adult-born neurons: A theoretical framework for characterizing neural manipulation of learning

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JAN2016, 2016, Pages

  Hersman, Sarah ^a   Rodriguez Barrera, Vanessa ^a   Fanselow, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear; Hippocampus; Learning; Neurogenesis; Pattern separation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; LEARNING THEORY; MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84958523782     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00182     Document Type: Review

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