Place Cell Archives - Knowing Neurons

Joel Frohlich October 21, 2015March 5, 2017 Brain, Brain mapping, Consciousness, Default mode network, DMN, fMRI, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional MRI, Graph, Graph Theory, Hubs, Leonhard Euler, Map, Neocortex, Network, Node, Phrenology, Place Cell, Prefrontal Cortex

Mapping Brain Connectivity Using Graph Theory

Have you ever wondered why the same brain regions are often implicated again and again in many tasks and behaviors? For instance, the prefrontal cortex is implicated in so many… Read More

Did You Know?Movement Sensation and Perception

Ryan Jones May 29, 2014March 5, 2017 2013, 3D, Bat, Hippocampus, Map, Place Cell, Representation of three-dimensional space in the hippocampus of flying bats, Science, Three-dimensional, Two-dimensional, Ulanovsky, Weizmann Institute of Science, Yartsev

Navigating a 3D World

The brain has an amazing ability to form internal maps of the world around it. Knowing Neurons has previously written several articles about place cells in the hippocampus and how… Read More

Did You Know?Learning and Memory

Kate Fehlhaber November 13, 2013March 5, 2017 Diana L. Xe, Grid cell, Jean-Francois Gariepy, May-Britt and Edvard, Memory, Moser and Moser, Navigation, NEURO.tv, Place Cell

NEURO.tv – Discussion Among Neuroscientists and Philosophers

Attention all brain enthusiasts! (Yes, zombies, I’m also talking to you.) Announcing a brand new campaign for neuroscience education: NEURO.tv! This non-profit initiative features prominent scientists and philosophers, who partake… Read More

Did You Know?Learning and Memory Movement Sensation and Perception

Ryan Jones April 10, 2013March 5, 2017 Amnesia, Dostrovsky, Epilepsy, Hippocampus, Memory, Mouse, Neurons, O'Keefe, Place Cell, Place Field, Schnitzer, Space, Stanford, University College London

Forming Memories, One Neuron at a Time

On Monday, Knowing Neurons highlighted a recent research article that described a new miniature microscope that was small enough to sit on a mouse’s head and light enough to allow… Read More

Learning and Memory Movement Neuro News Neuroscience Technologies

Ryan Jones April 8, 2013March 5, 2017 2013, fluoresce, Here, Hippocampus, Location, Map, Mapping, Maze, Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, Optogenetics, Place, Place Cell, Schnitzer, Stanford, World

You Are Here: Mapping The World With Neurons

“You are here.” It’s the phrase that you’ll find on almost any map, punctuated with the ubiquitous oversized arrow. It is the salient mark in a sea of confusing lines,… Read More