Head direction cell activity and behavior in a navigation task requiring a cognitive mapping strategy

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 249-253

  Muir, Gary M ^a   Taube, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive map; Head direction cells; Navigation; Single unit recording; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL ACTIVITY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAD; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 3042594593     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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