Grid cell mechanisms and function: Contributions of entorhinal persistent spiking and phase resetting

Hippocampus

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1213-1229

  Hasselmo, Michael E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grid cells; Membrane potential oscillations; Neuromodulation; Persistent spiking; Place cells; Spatial navigation; Stellate cells; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; DEPOLARIZATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ENVIRONMENT; GRID CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OPEN FIELD TEST; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 57149094872     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20512     Document Type: Article

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