Dynamic NMDAR-mediated properties of place cells during the object place memory task

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Faust, Thomas W ^a   Robbiati, Sergio ^a   Huerta, Tomás S ^a   Huerta, Patricio T ^a,b,c  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cpp; Mouse; Object location memory; Object placement; Opm task; Place field; Spatial information

Indexed keywords

3 [2 CARBOXYPIPERAZIN 4YL]PROPYL 1 PHOSPHATE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT PLACE MEMORY TASK; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84890877459     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00202     Document Type: Article

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