Steroid modulation of hippocampal plasticity: switching between cognitive and emotional memories.
Several new observations have shifted the view of the hippocampus from a structure in charge of cognitive processes to a brain area that participates in the formation of emotional memory. Specifically, while the dorsal hippocampus is involved in the processing of cognitive memories; the ventral sect...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-03-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2012.00012/full |