In vitro characterization of gamma oscillations in the hippocampal formation of the domestic chick.

ABSTRACT: Avian and mammalian brains have evolved independently from each other for about 300 million years. During that time, the hippocampal formation (HF) has diverged in morphology and cytoarchitecture, but seems to have conserved much of its function. It is therefore an open question how seemingly different neural organizations can generate the same function. A prominent feature of the mammalian hippocampus is that it generates different neural oscillations, including the gamma rhythm, which plays an important role in memory processing. In this study, we investigate whether the avian hippocampus also generates gamma oscillations, and whether similar pharmacological mechanisms are involved in this function. We investigated the existence of gamma oscillations in avian HF using in vitro electrophy

SUBMITTER: Dheerendra P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6220815 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature