Section 3

Terms

anterograde amnesia

attrition

cholinergic system

cortical plate

cortical pyramidal cell

critical period

cytoarchitecture

declarative memory

degeneracy

Edelman

exuberant growth

genotype

long-term potentiation

memory consolidation

neocorticalization

neopallium

nerve growth factor

neuroblasts

neurogenesis

neuronal group selection theory

neurotrophins

NMDA receptor

ontogeny

phyletic memory

phylogeny

procedural memory

radial columnar units

reentry

sensory deafferentation

sensory deprivation

synaptogenesis

trophic factors

use-dependent synaptic plasticity

ventricular zone

white matter