The firing of hippocampal place cells in the dark depends on the rat's recent experience

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 2008-2017

  Quirk, Gregory J ^a   Muller, Robert U ^a   Kubie, John L ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CYTOLOGY; DARKNESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIGHT; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMAL; CUES; DARKNESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIGHT; NEURONS; RATS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025443109     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.10-06-02008.1990     Document Type: Article

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