The dentate gyrus (DG) is a region of the mammalian brain known to support the encoding of new memories. This brain region is part of the hippocampal formation, a set of brain regions involved in ...

New role for immature brain neurons in the dentate gyrus identified Date: April 20, 2016 Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham Summary: Researchers present data and a simple statistical ...

Despite doubts last year about human adult neurogenesis, a study shows even 80-year-olds develop new cells in the hippocampus, but such growth is diminished in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. A ...

Working with mice, the scientists have located these neurons in the brain's dentate gyrus, an area of the hippocampus that is involved in the encoding, recall, and the reduction of fear.

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Some 5 percent of the dentate gyrus’s one million cells are active when a mouse encodes a memory of a place. Here, active cells are pink and orange. Xu Liu and Steve Ramirez Cells active during ...

They focused on two parts of the brain -- the amygdala, which processes emotion, and the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, where much of a memory's context and detail are stored. Context includes ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have proposed a model that resolves a seeming paradox in one of the most intriguing areas of the brain—the dentate gyrus. This region helps form ...