Hippocampus as a memory map: Synaptic plasticity and memory encoding by hippocampal neurons

Hippocampus

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 365-384

  Shapiro, Matthew L ^a   Eichenbaum, Howard ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive map; Long term potentiation; Memory; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032873827     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1063(1999)9:4<365::AID-HIPO4>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Review

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