title: Assembling cell ensembles.
abstract: The way the hippocampus processes information and encodes memories in the form of "cell assemblies" is likely determined in part by how its circuits are wired up during development. In this issue, Xu et al. now provide new insight into how neurons arising from a single common precursor migrate to their final destination and form functionally synchronous ensembles.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, Virginia 20147, USA. Electronic address: sprustonn@janelia.hhmi.org.
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Spruston
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*