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WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COGNITIVE SCIENCE
卷 5, 期 5, 页码 573-587出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1304
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- BBSRC [BB/G019002/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [G1000183] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/G019002/1] Funding Source: Medline
- Medical Research Council [G0001354, G1000183] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust [089703, 093875] Funding Source: Medline
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/G019002/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G1000183B, G0001354B, G1000183, G0001354] Funding Source: researchfish
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) has intrigued neuroscientists for decades. Several lines of evidence show that adult-born neurons in the hippocampus are functionally integrated and contribute to cognitive function, in particular learning and memory processes. Biological properties of immature hippocampal neurons indicate that these cells are more easily excitable compared with mature neurons, and demonstrate enhanced structural plasticity. The structure in which adult-born hippocampal neurons are situated-the dentate gyrus-is thought to contribute to hippocampus function by disambiguating similar input patterns, a process referred to as pattern separation. Several ideas about AHN function have been put forward; currently there is good evidence in favor of a role for AHN in pattern separation. This function of AHN may be understood within a 'representational-hierarchical' view of brain organization. (C) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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