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Itay Talpir¹, Liron Sheintuch¹, Alon Rubin¹

¹Department of Brain Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.

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Background:

Hippocampal place cells are crucial for spatial cognition.
The proportion of place cells in the hippocampus is highly debated, with estimates ranging widely.
The existence of distinct place cell and non-place cell populations remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel analytical method to accurately estimate the fraction of hippocampal place cells.
To investigate whether distinct subsets of place cells and non-place cells exist in the hippocampus.
To clarify the role of hippocampal neurons in spatial information processing.

Main Methods:

Developed a new analytical approach using simulated datasets to estimate place cell fractions.
Analyzed neuronal activity from the mouse dorsal CA1 region in both familiar and novel environments.
Compared experimental data with simulations to determine the proportion of spatially informative neurons.

Main Results:

In familiar environments, all recorded dorsal CA1 neurons function as place cells.
In novel environments, the fraction of place cells is lower, but many cells exhibit unstable spatial fields.
Cells not initially classified as place cells show positional modulation, suggesting instability rather than absence of spatial information.

Conclusions:

Findings suggest a continuum of spatial information rather than distinct place and non-place cell populations.
All active hippocampal neurons appear to be spatially informative, with variations in field stability.
The study reframes our understanding of hippocampal spatial coding and cognition.