The CA3 region of the hippocampus: how is it? what is it for? how does it do it?

• Main Author: Enrico Cherubini (auth)
• Other Authors: Richard Miles (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; episodic memory; mossy fibers; Associative network; spatial representation; CA3 subfield; Hippocampus; Theta Rhythm
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The aim of this special topic is to bring together experts on the cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating the wiring properties of the CA3 hippocampal microcircuit in both physiological and pathological conditions, synaptic plasticity, behavior and cognition.We will particularly emphasize the d...