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1. Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms

   The firing of hippocampal place cells in the dark depends on the rat's recent experience

   Quirk, Muller and Kubie · Journal of Neuroscience · 1990

   Recording hippocampal place cells in rats, the study found their firing in darkness depended on whether the rat had experienced light first, not only on the cues present.

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   1. UncheckedMost place cells whose firing changed when rats started in darkness kept that changed pattern after the lights came on.“Furthermore, the majority of cells that changed their firing pattern in initial darkness maintained that change when the lights were turned on.”
   2. UncheckedIn rats, 24 of 28 hippocampal place cells kept their usual firing patterns when the lights went off after a period in the light.“The firing patterns of 24 of 28 cells were unaffected by darkness when it was preceded by a light period.”
   3. UncheckedIn rats placed straight into a darkened chamber, 14 of 22 hippocampal place cells changed their firing patterns dramatically.“In contrast, the firing patterns of 14 of 22 cells changed dramatically when the rats were put into the darkened chamber.”