Hippocampal contributions to neurocognitive mapping in humans: A new model

Hippocampus

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 622-641

  Roche, R A P ^a,b   Mangaoang, M A ^b,c   Commins, S ^a   O'Mara, S M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ST PATRICK S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hippocampal formation; Humans; Path integration; Spatial navigation; Spatial representation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BRAIN MAPPING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 23844557140     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20084     Document Type: Review

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