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1. Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms

   Trajectory Encoding in the Hippocampus and Entorhinal Cortex

   Frank, Brown and Wilson · Neuron · 2000

   Recording single neurons in rat hippocampus and entorhinal cortex, the authors report position-related firing that depends on the trajectory, and suggest the two regions represent different aspects of routes.

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   1. UncheckedIn rats, many neurons in hippocampal area CA1 and the entorhinal cortex fired at different rates at the same spot depending on the route's origin or destination.“Our results revealed two novel phenomena: first, many cells in CA1 and the EC fired at significantly different rates when the animal was in the same position depending on where the animal had come from or where it was going.”
   2. UncheckedIn rats, cells in the deep entorhinal cortex appeared to represent similarities between locations on spatially different routes through an environment.“Second, cells in deep layers of the EC, the targets of hippocampal outputs, appeared to represent the similarities between locations on spatially distinct trajectories through the environment.”