How does neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus influence learning & memory?

海马体是动物和人类学习和记忆的主要大脑结构之一，在整个生命过程中，新神经元的调节产生（即成年神经发生）支撑着这些认知功能。该项目旨在通过确定新生神经元何时对行为变得至关重要以及这些细胞在海马网络中建立的连接，来揭示成年神经元如何对行为产生影响。它的目的是提供基本的新的见解，这些神经元是重要的空间任务的收购与回忆的空间任务的阶段。

One of the primary brain structures critical for learning and memory in animals and humans is the hippocampus, where regulated production of new neurons throughout life (i.e. adult neurogenesis) underpins these cognitive functions. The project aims to unravel how adult-born neurons exert their influence over behaviour by determining when newly born neurons become critical for behaviour and the connections made by these cells within the hippocampal network. It aims to provide fundamental new insight into the stages at which these neurons are important for the acquisition of spatial task versus the recall of spatial tasks.