Integrating new findings and examining clinical applications of pattern separation

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 163-173

  Leal, Stephanie L ^a   Yassa, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; LEVETIRACETAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EPISODIC MEMORY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NONHUMAN; PATTERN SEPARATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 85040910469     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41593-017-0065-1     Document Type: Review

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