Anticipatory time intervals of head-direction cells in the anterior thalamus of the rat: Implications for path integration in the headdirection circuit

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 145-159

  Blair, Hugh T ^a   Lipscomb, Brian W ^a   Sharp, Patricia E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; HEAD MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030877860     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.1.145     Document Type: Article

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