Olfactory-learning abilities are correlated with the rate by which intrinsic neuronal excitability is modulated in the piriform cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1339-1348

  Cohen Matsliah, Sivan I ^a   Rosenblum, Kobi ^a   Barkai, Edi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

AHP; Olfactory learning; Piriform cortex; Pyramidal neurons; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350457543     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06894.x     Document Type: Article

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