NEUROSCIENCE:
Remembering the Subtle Differences
David M. Bannerman1 and Rolf Sprengel2
Mice use a specific neurotransmitter receptor in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus to detect small changes in their surroundings and differentiate between similar experiences.
1D. M. Bannerman is in the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD, UK. E-mail: david.bannerman{at}psy.ox.ac.uk
2R. Sprengel is at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany. E-mail: rolf.sprengel{at}mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de