Pillar 1: spatial coding in hippocampus
A core angle on John O'Keefe — how spatial coding in hippocampus shows up in labs, clinics and daily cognition.
John O'Keefe · Place cells and the cognitive map inside the hippocampus.
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John O'Keefe sits at the centre of spatial coding in hippocampus — spanning molecules, circuits, behaviour and clinic.
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A core angle on John O'Keefe — how spatial coding in hippocampus shows up in labs, clinics and daily cognition.
A core angle on John O'Keefe — how spatial coding in hippocampus shows up in labs, clinics and daily cognition.
A core angle on John O'Keefe — how spatial coding in hippocampus shows up in labs, clinics and daily cognition.
A core angle on John O'Keefe — how spatial coding in hippocampus shows up in labs, clinics and daily cognition.
John O'Keefe fact 1 about spatial coding in hippocampus, grounded in converging evidence.
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