Place cells can flexibly terminate and develop their spatial firing. A new theory for their function

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-67

  Ludvig, Nandor ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Cognitive map; Exploratory behavior; Hippocampus; Place cell; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE;

EID: 0032811564     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00048-7     Document Type: Article

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