Abstract
In this chapter, we shall discuss the structure of one part of the guinea-pig hippocampus, the anatomically simplest type of cortex. We shall describe how the structure of this part (the CA3 region) leads to the existence of a repertoire of different modes of population activity. Selection of a particular mode of population behavior depends on the settings of various functional parameters such as the conductances of the inhibitory synapses. Some of the population activities observed in vitro and in models of the slice appear to have in vivo analogs. We shall tabulate some of the mechanisms which may be available to the brain for setting functional parameters in the hippocampus. Finally, we shall speculate briefly on the behavioral significance of certain population modes.
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Traub, R.D., Miles, R. (1991). Some Collective Phenomena in the Hippocampus in Vitro. In: Babloyantz, A. (eds) Self-Organization, Emerging Properties, and Learning. NATO ASI Series, vol 260. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3778-6_7
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