Long-term plasticity is proportional to theta-activity.

BACKGROUND:Theta rhythm in the hippocampal formation is a main feature of exploratory behaviour and is believed to enable the encoding of new spatial information and the modification of synaptic weights. Cyclic changes of dentate gyrus excitability during theta rhythm are related to its function, bu...

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Main Authors: Marian Tsanov, Denise Manahan-Vaughan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2688745?pdf=render