Hippocampal and neocortical cell assemblies encode memory processes for different types of stimuli in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2809-2819

  Sakurai, Yoshio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cell assembly; cross correlation; hippocampal formation; memory; neuronal activity; rat; temporal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0029947524     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-08-02809.1996     Document Type: Article

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