Switching between "on" and "off" states of persistent activity in lateral entorhinal layer III neurons

Hippocampus

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 257-263

  Tahvildari, Babak ^a   Fransén, Erik ^b   Alonso, Angel A ^a   Hasselmo, Michael E ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic modulation; Hippocampal formation; Intrinsic properties; Persistent spiking activity; Post stimulus spiking

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DEPOLARIZATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247516389     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20270     Document Type: Article

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