Theta phase precession of grid and place cell firing in open environments

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1635, 2014, Pages

  Jeewajee, A ^a   Barry, C ^a,b,c   Douchamps, V ^d   Manson, D ^a   Lever, C ^d   Burgess, N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Oscillation; Space; Temporal coding; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BRAIN; CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DISPLACEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 84890929301     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0532     Document Type: Article

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