Geometric cues influence head direction cells only weakly in nondisoriented rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 44, 2011, Pages 15681-15692

  Knight, Rebecca ^a   Hayman, Robin ^a   Ginzberg, Lin Lin ^a   Jeffery, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; GEOMETRIC CUE; HEAD DIRECTION CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATH INTEGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFUSION; CUES; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; RATS; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80155123823     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2257-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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