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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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Pillars

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.

Pillar 2: spatial coding in hippocampus

A core angle on John O'Keefe — how spatial coding in hippocampus shows up in labs, clinics and daily cognition.

Pillar 3: spatial coding in hippocampus

A core angle on John O'Keefe — how spatial coding in hippocampus shows up in labs, clinics and daily cognition.

Pillar 4: spatial coding in hippocampus

A core angle on John O'Keefe — how spatial coding in hippocampus shows up in labs, clinics and daily cognition.

Key facts

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John O'Keefe fact 1 about spatial coding in hippocampus, grounded in converging evidence.

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John O'Keefe fact 2 about spatial coding in hippocampus, grounded in converging evidence.

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John O'Keefe fact 3 about spatial coding in hippocampus, grounded in converging evidence.

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John O'Keefe fact 4 about spatial coding in hippocampus, grounded in converging evidence.

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John O'Keefe fact 5 about spatial coding in hippocampus, grounded in converging evidence.

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John O'Keefe fact 6 about spatial coding in hippocampus, grounded in converging evidence.

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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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