Hippocampal and neocortical interactions during context discrimination: Electrophysiological evidence from the rat

Hippocampus

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 851-862

  Mizumori, Sheri J Y ^a   Smith, David M ^b   Puryear, Corey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral intention; Context; Place cells; Spatial processing; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34848875750     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20317     Document Type: Review

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