Hippocampus and memory. Can we have our place and fear it too?
Theories of hippocampal function are often split into cognitive map theories and relational/episodic memory theories. In this issue of Neuron, show that hippocampal cells respond to the combination of spatial location and conditioned stimuli in a nonspatial fear conditioning task, suggesting a potential bridge between the competing theories of hippocampal function.
Knierim
James J
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Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, W.M. Keck Center for the Neurobiology of Learningand Memory, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77225, USA.
D000818:Animals; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*