GABAergic modulation of hippocampal population activity: Sequence learning, place field development, and the phase precession effect

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 393-408

  Wallenstein, Gene V ^a,b   Hasselmo, Michael E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEUROMODULATION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

EID: 0030759363     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.1.393     Document Type: Article

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