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place cell  

Définition

  • Neuron in the hippocampus that fires at a specific location when an animal is moving in the environment. Place cells have an important role in spatial memory and the construction of cognitive maps.

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Référence(s) bibliographique(s)

  • • Ekstrom, A. D., Kahana, M. J., Caplan, J. B., Fields, T. A., Isham, E. A., Newman, E. L., & Fried, I. (2003). Cellular networks underlying human spatial navigation. Nature, 425(6954), Article 6954. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01964

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • O’Keefe, J., & Dostrovsky, J. (1971). The hippocampus as a spatial map. Preliminary evidence from unit activity in the freely-moving rat. Brain Research, 34(1), 171–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-8993(71)90358-1

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Créateur

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-C98CQ8QN-Z

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