Alteration of theta timescale dynamics of hippocampal place cells by a cannabinoid is associated with memory impairment

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 12597-12605

  Robbe, David ^a,b   Buzsáki, György ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 1',2',3',4',5',6' HEXAHYDRO 2,3' DIHYDROXY 6' (3 HYDROXYPROPYL)BIPHENYL; CANNABINOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CYCLOHEXANOLS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RUNNING; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 70349881705     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2407-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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