Cellular, columnar and modular organization of spatial representations in medial entorhinal cortex

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-54

  Burgalossi, Andrea ^a   Brecht, Michael ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 84884180859     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.08.011     Document Type: Review

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