Neurogenesis-mediated forgetting minimizes proactive interference

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Epp, Jonathan R ^a   Mera, Rudy Silva ^a   Köhler, Stefan ^b,c   Josselyn, Sheena A ^a,d,e   Frankland, Paul W ^a,d,e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MEMORY; NEUROLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DENTATE GYRUS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HABITUATION; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS;

NES PROTEIN, MOUSE; NESTIN;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CELL COUNT; DENTATE GYRUS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NESTIN; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); REVERSAL LEARNING;

EID: 84959377749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10838     Document Type: Article

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