Stimulation on the positive phase of hippocampal theta rhythm induces long-term potentiation that can be depotentiated by stimulation on the negative phase in area CA1 in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 6470-6477

  Hölscher, Christian ^a   Anwyl, Roger ^a   Rowan, Michael J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CA1; Depotentiation; Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Long term depression (LTD); Long term potentiation (LTP); Rhythmic slow activity; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0343742511     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-16-06470.1997     Document Type: Article

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