Sensory and memory properties of hippocampal place cells

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 95-111

  Poucet, Bruno ^a,b   Save, Etienne ^a   Lenck Santini, Pierre Pascal ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CNRS CRNC   (France)

Author keywords

Head direction cells; Hippocampus; Navigation; Place cells; Spatial memory; Unit activity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CELL; BRAIN INJURY; CELL FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034055697     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2000.11.2-3.95     Document Type: Review

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