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A dual role for hippocampal replay

Dori Derdikman1, May-Britt Moser

  • 1Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and the Centre for the Biology of Memory, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7489, Trondheim, Norway. dori.derdikman@ntnu.no

Neuron
|March 13, 2010
PubMed
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Hippocampal place cells replay past experiences during sharp-wave-ripples. New research suggests this replay actively constructs cognitive maps for flexible navigation, not just echoes past events.

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