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Nature Neuroscience 10, 273 - 275 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nn0307-273
Young and excitable: new neurons in memory networks
Josef Bischofberger1
- Josef Bischofberger is at the Physiological Institute, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany. e-mail: Josef.Bischofberger@uni-freiburg.de
Abstract
In the adult hippocampus, a brain region that is important for memory, new neurons are generated continuously. A study now shows that these newly generated neurons are preferentially activated during learning and recall of new memories.
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