A model for the differentiation between grid and conjunctive units in medial entorhinal cortex

Hippocampus

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1410-1424

  Si, Bailu ^a   Treves, Alessandro ^b,c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conjunctive grid by head direction cells; Firing rate adaptation; Grid cells; Lamination; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

CONJUNCTIVE GRID-BY-HEAD DIRECTION CELLS; FIRING RATE ADAPTATION; GRID CELLS; LAMINATION; SELF-ORGANIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888136212     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22194     Document Type: Article

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