Physiological Properties and Behavioral Correlates of Hippocampal Granule Cells and Mossy Cells

Neuron

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 691-704.e5

  Senzai, Yuta ^a   Buzsáki, György ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; facilitating synapse; gamma; granule cell; monosynaptic connections; mossy cell; pattern separation; place cells; spatial behavior; theta

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOSSY CELL; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VALIDATION STUDY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 85010756779     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.12.011     Document Type: Article

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