February 09, 1996 - February 09, 2029

  • Date:29TuesdayJuly 2008

    Hippocampal place field representation of the environment: Encoding, retrieval and remapping

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    Time
    12:15 - 12:15
    Location
    Jacob Ziskind Building
    LecturerProf. Etan Markus
    University of Connecticut
    Organizer
    Department of Brain Sciences
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    AbstractShow full text abstract about When a rat runs through a familiar environment, the hippocam...»
    When a rat runs through a familiar environment, the hippocampus retrieves a previously stored spatial representation of the environment. When the environment is modified a new representation is seen, presumably corresponding to the hippocampus encoding the new information. I will present single unit data on examining the issue of how the “hippocampus decides” whether to retrieve an old representation or form a new representation.
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