Temporal firing characteristics and the strategic role of subicular neurons in short-term memory

Hippocampus

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 529-541

  Hampson, Robert E ^a   Deadwyler, Sam A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cell types; Delayed nonmatch to sample; Differential delay firing; Electrophysiology; Ensemble; Hippocampus; Subiculum

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; PHACLOFEN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037746665     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.10119     Document Type: Article

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