Subicular cells generate similar spatial firing patterns in two geometrically and visually distinctive environments: Comparison with hippocampal place cells

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-92

  Sharp, Patricia E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive map; hippocampal formation; hippocampal single cell; navigation; path integration; spatial behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SUBICULUM;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031059591     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)00165-9     Document Type: Article

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