Linking cellular mechanisms to behavior: Entorhinal persistent spiking and membrane potential oscillations may underlie path integration, grid cell firing, and episodic memory

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 2008, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hasselmo, Michael E ^a   Brandon, Mark P ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPISODIC MEMORY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HAPLORHINI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; THETA RHYTHM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HAPLORHINI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMORY; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 50849105394     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/658323     Document Type: Review

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