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The dentate gyrus: fundamental neuroanatomical organization (dentate gyrus for dummies).

Progress in brain research ·Vol. 163 ·2007-00-00 ·Pages 3-22

Amaral DG, Scharfman HE, Lavenex P

Abstract

The dentate gyrus is a simple cortical region that is an integral portion of the larger functional brain system called the hippocampal formation. In this review, the fundamental neuroanatomical organization of the dentate gyrus is described, including principal cell types and their connectivity, and a summary of the major extrinsic inputs of the dentate gyrus is provided. Together, this information provides essential information that can serve as an introduction to the dentate gyrus--a "dentate gyrus for dummies."

MeSH Terms
Animals Dentate Gyrus/anatomy & histology Neuroanatomy/methods Neurons/classification
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Amaral David G
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The M.I.N.D. Institute and the California National Primate Research Center, UC Davis, Davis, CA, USA. dgamaral@ucdavis.edu
Scharfman Helen E
Lavenex Pierre
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Article Info
Journal
Progress in brain research
Abbr.
Prog Brain Res
ISSN
0079-6123
DOI
10.1016/S0079-6123(07)63001-5
Email
dgamaral@ucdavis.edu
Published
2007-00-00
Pages
3-22
Language
English
Region
Netherlands
NLM ID
0376441
PMCID
PMC2492885
Subset
IM
Grants
NINDS NIH HHS · R01 NS037562 · United States
NINDS NIH HHS · R01 NS037562-10 · United States
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)63001-5 PMC Full Text View journal details
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