How do spatial learning and memory occur in the brain? Coordinated learning of entorhinal grid cells and hippocampal place cells

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1031-1054

  Pilly, Praveen K ^a   Grossberg, Stephen ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84859116665     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00200     Document Type: Article

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