Control of anterodorsal thalamic head direction cells by environmental boundaries: Comparison with conflicting distal landmarks

Hippocampus

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-187

  Clark, Benjamin J ^a   Harris, Mark J ^a   Taube, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Border; Geometry; Navigation; Orientation; Place cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERODORSAL THALAMUS; ARTICLE; DISORIENTATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL BOUNDARY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; FORAGING; GEOMETRY; HEAD DIRECTION CELL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS; TUNING CURVE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84856117304     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20880     Document Type: Article

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