Spatial Instability: The Paradox of Place Cell Remapping

Isabel A Muzzio

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.010

Spatial Instability: The Paradox of Place Cell Remapping

Curr Biol. 2018 Nov 19;28(22):R1306-R1307. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.010. Epub 2018 Nov 19.

Author

Isabel A Muzzio¹

Affiliation

¹ University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA. Electronic address: Isabel.muzzio@utsa.edu.

PMID: 30458150
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.010

Abstract

How do memories persist stably over time when the spatial maps upon which they are constructed are unstable? New insights resolve this paradox by finding coherent structure in the instability of spatial maps arising from dynamic switches in reference frames.

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MeSH terms

Hippocampus
Memory
Place Cells*
Temporal Lobe