| Literature DB >> 19375476 |
Gilberto Fernando Xavier1, Valéria Catelli Infantozzi Costa.
Abstract
This article reviews evidence from studies employing colchicine-induced granule cell loss in the adult rat brain, and irradiation-induced hypoplasia of the neonatal dentate gyrus, on the performance of spatial and non-spatial behavioral tasks. The general picture emerging from this analysis reveals that the dentate gyrus granule cells are critically involved in spatial behavior, particularly when this requires the adoption of place strategies. This notion also provides an explanation for the behavioral effects of dentate gyrus granule cell loss seen in apparently non-spatial tasks.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19375476 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.03.036
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry ISSN: 0278-5846 Impact factor: 5.067