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1. Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms

   Representation of Geometric Borders in the Developing Rat

   Bjerknes, Moser and Moser · Neuron · 2014

   Recording in the medial entorhinal cortex of juvenile rats, the authors found border cells fire in adult-like patterns from the start, which may be enough to support place cell firing in young animals.

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   1. UncheckedIn juvenile rats, border cells in the medial entorhinal cortex show adult-like firing fields from postnatal days 16-18, unlike grid cells.“Recording in MEC of juvenile rats, we show that, unlike grid cells, border cells express adult-like firing fields from the first days of exposure to an open environment, at postnatal days 16-18.”
   2. UncheckedBorder cell signals in young rats may be enough to keep hippocampal place cells firing in specific places, even before grid cells mature.“Thus, spatial signals from border cells may be sufficient to maintain spatially localized firing in juvenile hippocampal place cells.”