The hippocampal system is critical for storage and retrieval of declarative memories,
including memories for locations and events that take place at those locations. Spatial …

More than three decades of research have demonstrated a role for hippocampal place cells
in representation of the spatial environment in the brain. New studies have shown that place …

Highlights•The firing location of place cells does not change when grid firing patterns are
altered.•New and distinct spatial maps emerge without grid cell inputs.•Hippocampal spatial …

The observation of place cells has suggested that the hippocampus plays a special role in
encoding spatial information. However, place cell responses are modulated by several …

Hippocampal place cells selectively fire when an animal traverses a particular location and
are considered a neural substrate of spatial memory. Place cells were shown to change their …

The unitary firing fields of hippocampal place cells are commonly assumed to be generated
by input from entorhinal grid cell modules with differing spatial scales. Here, we review …

The study of population dynamics in hippocampal place cells has emerged as one of the
most powerful tools for understanding the encoding, storage and retrieval of declarative …

The hippocampus is thought to be involved in episodic memory in humans. Place cells of the
rat hippocampus offer a potentially important model system to understand episodic memory …

Spatial learning and memory are important for navigation and formation of episodic
memories. The hippocampus and medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) are key brain areas for …

Although its operations are not limited to the spatial domain, there is a near consensus that
the hippocampus plays a critical role in memory for place. This review aims to explore this …