Hippocampal place cells: The "Where" of episodic memory?

Hippocampus

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 743-754

  Kentros, Clifford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Medial temporal lobe; Memories

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENT; HEAD POSITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIFE EVENT; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33749162658     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20199     Document Type: Review

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