Cholinergic blockade reduces theta-gamma phase amplitude coupling and speed modulation of theta frequency consistent with behavioral effects on encoding

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 19635-19646

  Newman, Ehren L ^a   Gillet, Shea N ^b   Climer, Jason R ^a   Hasselmo, Michael E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Encoding; Entorhinal cortex; Gamma; Path integration; Theta

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GAMMA RHYTHM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THETA RHYTHM; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ENCODING; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GAMMA; PATH INTEGRATION; THETA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84889849665     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2586-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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