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1. Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms

   Left–right-alternating theta sweeps in entorhinal–hippocampal maps of space

   Vollan, Gardner, Moser and Moser · Nature · 2025

   In freely moving rats, grid and place cells encode position sweeps that alternate left and right across theta cycles, extend into unvisited places, and persist in REM sleep.

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   1. UncheckedThe left–right alternation of theta sweeps can be explained by an algorithm that maximises cumulative coverage of the surrounding space.“The sweep directions can be explained by an algorithm that maximizes the cumulative coverage of the surrounding manifold space.”