A Role for hilar cells in pattern separation in the dentate gyrus: A computational approach

Hippocampus

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-337

  Myers, Catherine E ^a   Scharfman, Helen E ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Dentate gyrus; Hilus; Hippocampus; Pattern separation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; DENTATE GYRUS; DOWN REGULATION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTATE GYRUS; INTERNEURONS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEURONS; PERFORANT PATHWAY; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 63849246744     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20516     Document Type: Article

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