The septal EEG suggests a distributed organization of the pacemaker of hippocampal theta in the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-166

  Nerad, Ludek ^a   McNaughton, Neil ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chronic recording; EEG oscillations; Hippocampus; Lateral septum; Medial septum; Rhythmic driving

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 33745909444     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04902.x     Document Type: Article

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