Single neuron recording in the conscious animal is used to localize and functionally characterize the cell types involved in laying down the "memory trace" in the hippocampus and recently the prefrontal neocortex.
Dr. John Disterhoft
Department of Physiology - Institute for Neuroscience
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
303 East Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611-3008
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