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CORRECTION article

Front. Neurosci.

Sec. Neurodevelopment

Volume 19 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnins.2025.1684866

Correction: Trajectories of working memory and decision making abilities along juvenile development in mice

Provisionally accepted
Ann Marlene  ThiesAnn Marlene ThiesIrina  PochinokIrina PochinokAnnette  MarquardtAnnette MarquardtMaria  DorofeikovaMaria DorofeikovaIleana  Hanganu-OpatzIleana Hanganu-OpatzJastyn  A. PöpplauJastyn A. Pöpplau*
  • University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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Keywords: working memory, Decision Making, mouse behavior, development, prefrontal cortex (PFC), cfos

Received: 13 Aug 2025; Accepted: 20 Aug 2025.

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* Correspondence: Jastyn A. Pöpplau, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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