Neuroscience: Navigation with a cognitive map.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/nature12095 and PMC identifier 5029279.
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Abstract
Hippocampal place cells encode information about an animal’s spatial world. A study now finds that these same neurons envisage a future journey moments before a rat sets off.
Medical subject headings
- Hippocampus
- Memory