Letter to NeuroscienceTheta-rhythmically firing neurons in the anterior thalamus: implications for mnemonic functions of Papez’s circuit
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Experimental procedures
Experiments were conducted on 35 male Sprague–Dawley rats (Charles River Laboratories, Wilmington, MA, USA) weighing 250–350 g. These experiments were approved by the Florida Atlantic University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and conform to all Federal regulations and National Institutes of Health Guidelines for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. All efforts were made to minimize the number of animals used and their suffering.
Experimental procedures have previously been
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by NIH Grant NS35883 and NIMH Grant MH01476. These studies serve as partial fulfillment for requirements toward the degree of Doctor of Philosophy for Zimbul Albo at Florida Atlantic University. We thank Drs. J.A.S. Kelso, B. Kocsis, J.E. Lisman and G. Lynch for their critical reading of this manuscript.
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