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Place cell

A place cell is a kind of pyramidal neuron in the hippocampus that becomes active when an animal enters a particular place in its environment, which is known as the place field. Place cells are thought to act collectively as a cognitive representation of a specific location in space, known as a cognitive map. Place cells work with other types of neurons…

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Place cell

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Place cell

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related to background · 11
Place cell → Additionally, Hz, In, John O'Keefe, Jonathan Dostrovsky, O'Keefe, Place, The, These, They, To
related to Remapping · 10
Place cell → CA1, Experiments, Partial, Recent, Remapping, Some, There, These, This, When
related to Sensory input · 10
Place cell → According, Contextual, Directional, For, Metric, Place, Sensory, These, This, Visuospatial
related to Rodents · 7
Place cell → Additionally, Both, However, In, Rats, Studies, Though
related to Bats · 6
Place cell → Bats, Egyptian, Nachum Ulanovsky, Place, Science, The
related to Directionality · 6
Place cell → For, However, In, Recent, The, This
related to Episodic memory · 6
Place cell → By, Furthermore, Hippocampal, One, Place, This
related to Primates · 6
Place cell → Additionally, In, Japanese, More, Place-related, Spatial
related to Relationship to grid cells · 6
Place cell → Another, But, Hebbian, It, The, This
related to Alzheimer's disease · 5
Place cell → Alzheimer's, Furthermore, Place, Problems, The

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Place cellis akind of pyramidal neuron in the hippocampus that becomes active when an animal enters a particular place in its environment0.90text
visual landmarksinstance ofmonkeys and humans.Place-cell firing patterns are often determined by stimuli in the environment0.80text
and olfactoryinstance ofmonkeys and humans.Place-cell firing patterns are often determined by stimuli in the environment0.80text
vestibular stimuliinstance ofmonkeys and humans.Place-cell firing patterns are often determined by stimuli in the environment0.80text
geometric boundaries or orienting landmarks are important examples of metric inputinstance ofThese types of sensory cues can include both metric and contextual information.Visuospatial inputsSpatial cues0.80text
the radial arm mazeinstance ofby difficulties with spatial tasks0.80text
the Morris water navigation task.Movement inputsMovement can also be an important spatial cueinstance ofby difficulties with spatial tasks0.80text
geometric boundaries or orienting landmarks are important examples of metric inputinstance ofVisuospatial inputsSpatial cues0.80text
the Morris water navigation taskinstance ofby difficulties with spatial tasks0.80text
widthinstance ofincluding the rate of firing and spike characteristics0.80text
amplitude of the spikesinstance ofincluding the rate of firing and spike characteristics0.80text
are largely similar between younginstance ofincluding the rate of firing and spike characteristics0.80text

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