Processing the head direction cell signal: A review and commentary

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 477-484

  Taube, Jeffrey S ^a   Goodridge, Jeremy P ^a   Golob, Edward J ^a   Dudchenko, Paul A ^a   Stackman, Robert W ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior Thalamus; Motor Efference Copy; Navigation; Orientation; Papez Circuit; Postsubiculum; Vestibular System

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEAD MOVEMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SUBICULUM; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0029813105     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(96)00145-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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