The head-direction signal is critical for navigation requiring a cognitive map but not for learning a spatial habit

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1536-1540

  Gibson, Brett ^a   Butler, William N ^b   Taube, Jeffery S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; COGNITION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84882729580     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.06.030     Document Type: Article

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