Recurrent synapses and circuits in the CA3 region of the hippocampus: an associative network.

In the CA3 region of the hippocampus, pyramidal cells excite other pyramidal cells and interneurons. The axons of CA3 pyramidal cells spread throughout most of the region to form an associative network. These connections were first drawn by Cajal and Lorente de No. Their physiological properties wer...

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Main Authors: Richard eMiles, Caroline eLe Duigou, Jean eSimonnet, Maria eTelenczuk, Desdemona eFricker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Subjects:
CA3
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2013.00262/full