Dual phase and rate coding in hippocampal place cells: Theoretical significance and relationship to entorhinal grid cells

Hippocampus

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 853-866

  O'Keefe, John ^a   Burgess, Neil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive map; Computational model; Hippocampus; Oscillation; Theta

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 27644451475     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20115     Document Type: Review

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