New role for immature brain neurons in the dentate gyrus identified
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers present data and a simple statistical network model that describe an unanticipated property of newly formed, immature neurons in the dentate gyrus. The model resolves a seeming paradox in one of the most intriguing areas of the brain, how immature granule cells in the dentate gyrus appear able to enhance pattern separation.