Fifty years of the brain's sense of space
Abstract
Neurons in a brain region called the hippocampus were found to be selectively active when rats are in a specific spatial location during natural navigation. The discovery launched research efforts into how the brain supports spatial memory.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- November 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1038/d41586-021-03010-7
- Bibcode:
- 2021Natur.599..376L