Theta synchronizes the activity of medial prefrontal neurons during learning

Learning and Memory

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 524-531

  Paz, Rony ^a   Bauer, Elizabeth P ^b   Paré, Denis ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; LEARNING; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; CATS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MICROELECTRODES; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; OSCILLOMETRY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 47549102431     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.932408     Document Type: Article

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