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Douglas A Nitz

Associate Professor

Homepage: http://dnitz.com/
Email: nitz@cogsci.ucsd.edu

Office: CSB 171
Phone: (858) 534-1132

Research Interests

Neural basis of spatial cognition and episodic memory, hippocampus, parietal cortex, premotor cortex.

Selected Publications

Quinn LK, Nitz DA, Chiba AA (2010) Learning-dependent dynamics of beta-frequency oscillations in the basal forebrain or rats. European Journal of Neuroscience (epub ahead of print)

Nitz DA (2011) Path shape impacts the extent of CA1 pattern recurrence both within and across environments. Journal of Neurophysiology (March - epub ahead of print).



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