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🗺️John O'Keefe

Place cells and the cognitive map inside the hippocampus.

Also called: place cells · cognitive map

John O'Keefe
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Hippocampus

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spatial coding in hippocampusFocus
51/100Research
59/100Awareness
73/100Complexity
64/100Clinical
46/100Debate

John O'Keefe sits at the centre of spatial coding in hippocampus — studied across molecules, circuits, behaviour and clinic.

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  • Research51
  • Awareness59
  • Complexity73
  • Clinical weight64
  • Plasticity52
  • Live debate46

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Sources & research

  1. The hippocampus as a spatial mapO'Keefe J; Dostrovsky J · 1971 · Brain ResearchDOI
  2. The Hippocampus as a Cognitive MapO'Keefe J; Nadel L · 1978 · Oxford University Press
  3. Grid cells and spatial mapsMoser EI; Kropff E; Moser MB · 2008 · Annual Review of NeuroscienceDOIPubMed

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