Spatial memory: Place cell activity is causally related to behavior

Mark H Plitt; Lisa M Giocomo

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.098

Spatial memory: Place cell activity is causally related to behavior

Curr Biol. 2021 Apr 12;31(7):R335-R337. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.098.

Authors

Mark H Plitt¹, Lisa M Giocomo²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: mplitt@stanford.edu.
² Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: giocomo@stanford.edu.

Abstract

A recent study using new holographic optogenetic stimulation technology has provided direct evidence that hippocampal place cell activity is sufficient to drive memory and navigation-related behaviors.

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MeSH terms

Hippocampus
Optogenetics
Place Cells*
Spatial Memory
Spatial Navigation*

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