Intrinsic circuit organization and theta-gamma oscillation dynamics in the entorhinal cortex of the rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 11128-11142

  Quilichini, Pascale ^a,b   Sirota, Anton ^a,c   Buzsáki, György ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GAMMA RHYTHM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; DENDRITES; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955868165     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1327-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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