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Aging and KIBRA/WWC1 genotype affect spatial memory processes in a virtual navigation task.
Hippocampus - 1 Oct 2013
Schuck Nicolas W, Doeller Christian F, Schjeide Brit-Maren M, Schröder Julia, Frensch Peter A, Bertram Lars, Li Shu-Chen
Abstract excerpt
Spatial navigation relies on multiple mnemonic mechanisms and previous work in younger adults has described two separate types of spatial memory. One type uses directional as well as boundary-related information for spatial memory and mainly implicates the hippocampal formation. The other type has been linked to directional and landmark-related information and primarily involves the striatum. Using a virtual...
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