A Model of Spatial Map Formation in the Hippocampus of the Rat

Neural Computation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-93

  Blum, Kenneth I ^a,b   Abbott, L F ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RATS;

EID: 0029687781     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/neco.1996.8.1.85     Document Type: Article

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