Using a model commonly used in machine learning, researchers discover how the brain encodes spatial maps and stores information while at rest.
Grid cells have been found in the presubiculum and parasubiculum of the rat brain.
Using a chocolatey reward, researchers discover how rats form some memories.
Rat study reveals place cells in the hippocampus have the same patterns of activity whether they correctly, or incorrectly recall a memory. However, when the memory is incorrect, the activity begins later and is slower.
Researchers say the brain appears to be wired to calculate not the shortest path, but the "pointiest" path, facing us toward our destination as much as possible.
OLM cells in the hippocampus play a key role in risk taking behavior and anxiety, researchers report.
A new study reveals how neurons in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampal neurons work together to help guide future learning.
The cognitive map allows people to compute on the fly with limited information to solve abstract problems.
SCN2A, a gene commonly associated with intellectual ability, plays an essential role in memory formation and replay, a new study reports.
A new study reveals how patterns of neural activity in the retrosplenial cortex assist with navigation and spatial memory.
A new study reports, contrary to popular belief, place cells in the dentate gyrus do not remap. Instead, memory discrimination is controlled by increased co-firing of place cells and the neurons that organize which place cells discharge.
Neurons in the primary olfactory cortex play a role in encoding spatial maps, a new study reports.
