Grid cell firing properties vary as a function of theta phase locking preferences in the rat medial entorhinal cortex

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Newman, Ehren L ^a   Hasselmo, Michael E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Grid cells; Medial entorhinal cortex; Navigation; Spatial tuning; Theta

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GRID CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; KERNEL METHOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; THETA RHYTHM; WAVEFORM;

EID: 84907966670     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00193     Document Type: Article

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