Gap junctions between interneurons are required for normal spatial coding in the hippocampus and short-term spatial memory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6542-6552

  Allen, Kevin ^a   Fuchs, Elke C ^a   Jaschonek, Hannah ^a   Bannerman, David M ^b   Monyer, Hannah ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REFERENCE MEMORY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; THETA RHYTHM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REWARD; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 79955762526     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6512-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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