Representación de los límites geométricos en la corteza entorrinal

Trygve Solstad1, Charlotte N Boccara, Emilio Kropff

  • 1Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for the Biology of Memory, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7489 Trondheim, Norway.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 20, 2008
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Los investigadores descubrieron nuevas "células fronterizas" en el cerebro que se activan cerca de los límites ambientales. Estas células mantienen su función en diferentes entornos y pueden ayudar a los animales a navegar y orientarse.

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