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Place Cells, Grid Cells, and the Brain's Spatial Representation System

✍ Scribed by Moser, Edvard I.; Kropff, Emilio; Moser, May-Britt

Book ID
111985634
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
589 KB
Volume
31
Category
Article
ISBN-13
9780812993882
ISSN
0147-006X

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✦ Synopsis

More than three decades of research have demonstrated a role for hippocampal place cells in representation of the spatial environment in the brain. New studies have shown that place cells are part of a broader circuit for dynamic representation of self-location. A key component of this network is the entorhinal grid cells, which, by virtue of their tessellating firing fields, may provide the elements of a path integration–based neural map. Here we review how place cells and grid cells may form the basis for quantitative spatiotemporal representation of places, routes, and associated experiences during behavior and in memory. Because these cell types have some of the most conspicuous behavioral correlates among neurons in nonsensory cortical systems, and because their spatial firing structure reflects computations internally in the system, studies of entorhinal-hippocampal representations may offer considerable insight into general principles of cortical network dynamics.

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