Adult learning and remodeling of hippocampal mossy fibers: unheralded participant in circuitry for long-lasting spatial memory.
Two articles in this issue concerning the overexpression of GAP-43 on mossy fiber growth are related to the plasticity of these axons in relation to learning and memory.
Routtenberg
Aryeh
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Department of Psychology, Neurobiology, and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-2710, USA. aryeh@northwestern.edu
D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology; D049108:Cell Enlargement; D019922:GAP-43 Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D019599:Mossy Fibers, Hippocampal / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity
D019922:GAP-43 Protein