title: Attractor neural networks and spatial maps in hippocampus.
abstract: Attractor neural network theory has been proposed as a theory for long-term memory. Recent studies of hippocampal place cells, including a study by Leutgeb et al. in this issue of Neuron, address the potential role of attractor dynamics in the formation of hippocampal representations of spatial maps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Misha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsodyks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D051381:Rats; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*