Head direction cell activity in the anterodorsal thalamus requires intact supragenual nuclei

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2767-2784

  Clark, Benjamin J ^a   Brown, Joel E ^a   Taube, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Head direction; Orientation; Place cell; Spatial navigation; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORAGING; HEAD; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCREENING; SUPRAGENUAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DARKNESS; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; NERVE BLOCK; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PONS; PROPRIOCEPTION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; THALAMUS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84869191634     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00295.2012     Document Type: Article

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