Behavioral correlates of single units in the medial septal area: The effect of ethanol

Neuroscience

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 417-427

  Givens, B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Non spatial working memory; Rat; Septohippocampal pathway; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0030046112     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00443-2     Document Type: Article

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