Magnetic field polarity fails to influence the directional signal carried by the head direction cell network and the behavior of rats in a task requiring magnetic field orientation

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 835-844

  Tryon, Valerie L ^a,b   Kim, Esther U ^a   Zafar, Talal J ^a   Unruh, April M ^a   Staley, Shelly R ^a,c   Calton, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior thalamus; Magnetoreception; Navigation; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL; FEMALE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD POLARITY; HEAD DIRECTION CELL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETORECEPTION; MAZE TEST; NAVIGATIONAL BEHAVIOR; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; RAT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FEMALE; HEAD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875392974     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030248     Document Type: Article

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