Modeling attractor deformation in the rodent head-direction system

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3402-3410

  Goodridge, Jeremy P ^a,c   Touretzky, David S ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; HEAD MOVEMENT; MAMMILLARY BODY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SUBICULUM; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0034051307     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.6.3402     Document Type: Article

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