Hippocampus-mediated activation of superficial and deep layer neurons in the medial entorhinal cortex of the isolated guinea pig brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 873-881

  Gnatkovsky, Vadym ^a   De Curtis, Marco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortex; Electrical stimulation; Entorhinal; Hippocampus; Inhibition; Learning and memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GUINEA; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GUINEA PIGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS;

EID: 32544460660     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4365-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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