title: [Characteristics of the neuronal activity of structures of the hippocampal formation (subiculum)].
abstract: Spontaneous and evoked neuronal activity of subiculum was investigated in chronic unanaesthetized rabbits. Rhythmic components of two different types were observed in the spontaneous activity of 58% of units: 4.5-6.0 cps bursts (13%) and 2.0-3.8 cps (45%). Besides their basic frequency, these types of rhythmic activity were differentiated by several additional criteria. 63% of the cells responded to applied sensory stimuli, among which auditory stimuli were the most effective. Multimodal units were slightly more numerous (59%) than unimodal ones. In 50% of the recorded units responses were of tonic type, in 31%--of phasic type, and in 19%--specific on-off responses were observed. In majority of units with repeated stimulations relatively rapid process of habituation developed after a short incremental phase. Interruption of septal afferents resulted in disappearence of 4.5-6.0 cps (theta) bursts, in reduction in the number of tonic responses and in absence of habituation. Similarity of neuronal characteristics in the field CA1 and subiculum is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005108:Extinction, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*; D012688:Septum Pellucidum / Q000502:physiology*; D013826:Theta Rhythm; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: K kharakteristike neĭronnoĭ aktivnosti struktur gippokampovoĭ formatsii (subikulium).