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The hippocampal CA2 region is essential for social memory

The hippocampal CA2 region is essential for social memory

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The hippocampal CA2 region is essential for social memory

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The hippocampal CA2 region is essential for social memory

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Nature (London), 2014-04, Vol.508 (7494), p.88-92

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English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

CA2 neuron inactivation leads to a severe deficit in social memory, while having little effect on other well-known hippocampal functions such as contextual or spatial memory.
Social memory in the hippocampus
While years of research have assigned a variety of functions to the CA1 and CA3 areas of the hippocampus, the role of the smaller CA2 re...

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The hippocampal CA2 region is essential for social memory

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4000264

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4000264

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0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/nature13028

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