Short-term availability of adult-born neurons for memory encoding

Olfactory bulb neurogenesis raises the question of how persistent olfactory memories are retained while remaining flexible to encode new memories. Here, the authors show that new neurons can only support a single odor memory within their critical period of integration into the circuit.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jérémy Forest, Mélissa Moreno, Matthias Cavelius, Laura Chalençon, Anne Ziessel, Joëlle Sacquet, Marion Richard, Anne Didier, Nathalie Mandairon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13521-7