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The inside story on place cells

Douglas Nitz
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Douglas Nitz: University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. dnitz@ucsd.edu

Nature, 2009, vol. 461, issue 7266, 889-890

Abstract: Neurons known as place cells encode spatial information that is needed to guide an animal's movement. Nearly 40 years after these cells were discovered, neuroscience gets a look at their internal dynamics.

Date: 2009
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