FeaturedNeuroscience·February 6, 2024·4 min readHow Odors Influence Brain’s Decision Making MechanismResearchers have uncovered a novel function of the hippocampus in decision making, showing that specific brain cells, known as 'time cells,' are stimulated by odors to facilitate rapid 'go, no-go' decisions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 11, 2021·6 min readBrain Circuit That Encodes Timing of Events IdentifiedPyramidal cells in the CA2 region of the hippocampus are responsible for storing critical timing information.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 8, 2020·7 min readHow the Brain Remembers Right Place and Right TimeTwo new studies advance understanding of how the brain encodes episodic memories. The findings have the potential to develop new avenues of treatment for memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease and TBI.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 15, 2019·3 min readHow our brain remembers the order of eventsA new theory and model helps explain how entorhinal time ramping cells produce hippocampal time cells. The hippocampal cells allow for memory association between places and people to help recall event sequences.Read More