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The conditions which cause in the hippocampal CA3 field global oscillatory activities behaviorally important for their links to learning and memory, such as theta and gamma rhythms, have been analyzed with great details. To this aim, the theoretical framework devised years ago by the present author for the study of activities of large neural fields, has been enhanced in such a way to take into account basic biological features. By using that methodology, a two-dimensional model of the entire CA3 field has been described and its activity, originated by the several external inputs impinging on it, has been computer simulated. As a consequence of these investigations, a hypothesis has been elaborated on the relationship between global oscillatory activities of CA3 and engram formation.
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Ventriglia, F. (2008). Global Oscillations of CA3 Neural Fields. In: Wang, R., Shen, E., Gu, F. (eds) Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics ICCN 2007. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8387-7_34
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