Vestibular control of entorhinal cortex activity in spatial navigation

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JUNE, 2014, Pages

  Jacob, Pierre Yves ^a   Poucet, Bruno ^a   Liberge, Martine ^a   Save, Etienne ^a   Sargolini, Francesca ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Entorhinal cortex; Grid cells; Path integration; Rat; Theta rhythm; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RUNNING; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; THETA RHYTHM; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84901976388     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2014.00038     Document Type: Review

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