Subicular place cells expand or contract their spatial firing pattern to fit the size of the environment in an open field but not in the presence of barriers: Comparison with hippocampal place cells

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 643-662

  Sharp, Patricia E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032887294     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.113.4.643     Document Type: Article

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