Affiliation:
1. Department of Physiology, Medical School, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
Abstract
Abstract:
Learning and memory are two of our mind's most magical abilities. Different brain regions
have roles to process and store different types of memories. The hippocampus is the part of the brain
responsible for receiving information and storing it in the neocortex. One of the most impressive characteristics
of the hippocampus is its capacity for neurogenesis which is a process, new neurons are
produced and then transformed into mature neurons and integrated into neural circuits. The neurogenesis
process in the hippocampus, an example of neuroplasticity in the adult brain, is believed to aid
hippocampal-dependent learning and memory. New neurons are constantly produced in the hippocampus
and integrated into the pre-existing neuronal network, this allows old memories already stored
in the neocortex to be removed from the hippocampus and replaced with new ones. Factors affecting
neurogenesis in the hippocampus may also affect hippocampal-dependent learning and memory. The
flavonoids can exert particularly powerful actions in mammalian cognition and improve hippocampaldependent
learning and memory by positively affecting hippocampal neurogenesis.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Drug Discovery,Pharmacology,General Medicine
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