The subiculum: What it does, what it might do, and what neuroanatomy has yet to tell us

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-282

  O'Mara, Shane ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hippocampal formation; Hypothalamus; Prefrontal cortex; Stress; Subiculum; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUBICULUM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24944435529     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00446.x     Document Type: Review

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