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Plasticity, hippocampal place cells, and cognitive maps.
Archives of neurology - 1 Jun 2001
Shapiro M
Abstract excerpt
Memory of even the briefest event can last a lifetime. Thus, learning and memory require neuronal mechanisms that allow rapid, yet persistent, changes to brain circuits. Hippocampal neuropsychology, synaptic and cellular electrophysiology, pharmacology, and molecular genetics converge and begin to reveal these mechanisms. Lesions of the hippocampus profoundly impair memory for recent events in humans and rodents....
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