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Conduction velocities (c.vs) of different hippocampal fibre groups have been measured in slices in vitro. In the mossy fibres, Schaffer collaterals and Str. oriens fibres the c.v. varied from 0.36–0.38 m/s; in the alveus c.v. was 1.20 m/s. In the perforant path (p.p.) two groups of c.vs were found: in the medial p.p. the mean (± s.e) c.v. was 0.32 ± 0.02 m/s, whereas in the lateral p.p. it was 1.36 ± 0.14 m/s.
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This work was partly supported by the Foundation for Medical Research (FUNGO), which is subsidized by the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (ZWO)
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Tielen, A.M., Lopes da Silva, F.H. & Mollevanger, W.J. Differential conduction velocities in perforant path fibres in guinea pig. Exp Brain Res 42, 231–233 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00236913
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