Characterization of hippocampal CA1 place cells.

In 1971, O’Keefe & Dostrovsky discovered the highly selective firings of hippocampal principal cells when rats were in specific regions within an environment and prompted research on hippocampus role in spatial processing. In this study, rats were pre-trained in a square box prior to surgical im...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lau, Hwee Hui.
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52330