Are new place representations independent of theta and path integration?

Robin Hayman; Neil Burgess

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2014.05.011

Are new place representations independent of theta and path integration?

Neuron. 2014 May 21;82(4):721-2. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.05.011.

Authors

Robin Hayman¹, Neil Burgess²

Affiliations

¹ UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London, WC1N 3AR, UK; UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.
² UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London, WC1N 3AR, UK; UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK. Electronic address: n.burgess@ucl.ac.uk.

Abstract

Brandon et al. (2014) show that the formation of place cell representations in new environments is preserved under septal inactivation, and is thus likely independent of the hippocampal theta rhythm and, by implication, the firing of entorhinal grid cells and the process of path integration.

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Animals
Conditioning, Operant / physiology*
Environment*
Hippocampus / cytology*
Male
Septum of Brain / physiology*
Space Perception / physiology*

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