Cellular mechanisms of spatial navigation in the medial entorhinal cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 325-331

  Schmidt Hieber, Christoph ^a,b   Häusser, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STELLATE CELL; VIRTUAL REALITY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875887994     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3340     Document Type: Article

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