Memory trace reactivation in hippocampal and neocortical neuronal ensembles

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 180-186

  Sutherland, Gary R ^a   McNaughton, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; RATS; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0034112297     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(00)00079-9     Document Type: Review

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