Adult neurogenesis and pattern separation in rodents: A critical evaluation of data, tasks and interpretation

Frontiers in Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 168-181

  Hvoslef Eide, Martha ^a,b,c   Oomen, Charlotte A ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adult neurogenesis; behavioral paradigms; dentate gyrus; memory; pattern separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976324451     PISSN: 16747984     EISSN: 16747992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-016-1406-2     Document Type: Review

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