Nucleus reuniens of the thalamus contains head direction cells

eLife

Volumn 3, Issue July2014, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Jankowski, Maciej M ^a   Islam, Md Nurul ^a   Wright, Nicholas F ^b   Vann, Seralynne D ^b   Erichsen, Jonathan T ^c   Aggleton, John P ^b   O'Mara, Shane M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIGHT; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; RATS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84922471954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.03075     Document Type: Article

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