The rhythmicity of cells of the medial septum/diagonal band of Broca in the awake freely moving rat: Relationships with behaviour and hippocampal theta

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 464-477

  King, C ^a,b   Recce, M ^a   O'Keefe, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CMBN   (United States)

Author keywords

Direction; Medial septum; Rhythmicity; Theta

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; RUNNING; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0031866791     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00026.x     Document Type: Article

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