title: Spatial cognition in mice and rats: similarities and differences in brain and behavior.
abstract: The increasing use of mice models in cognitive tasks that were originally designed for rats raises crucial questions about cross-species comparison in the study of spatial cognition. The present review focuses on the major neuroethological differences existing between mice and rats, with particular attention given to the neurophysiological basis of space coding. While little difference is found in the basic properties of space representation in these two species, it appears that the stability of this representation changes more drastically over time in mice than in rats. We consider several hypotheses dealing with attentional, perceptual, and genetic aspects and offer some directions for future research that might help in deciphering hippocampal function in learning and memory processes. WIREs Cogn Sci 2016, 7:406-421. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1411 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
authors: Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, CNRS and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.|Fédération 3C, CNRS and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
authors: Vincent
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authors: Hok
authors: Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, CNRS and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France. bruno.poucet@univ-amu.fr, vincent.hok@univ-amu.fr.|Fédération 3C, CNRS and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France. bruno.poucet@univ-amu.fr, vincent.hok@univ-amu.fr.
authors: Bruno
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authors: Poucet
authors: Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL Psychology and Language Sciences, London, UK.
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authors: Duvelle
authors: Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, CNRS and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.|Fédération 3C, CNRS and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
authors: Étienne
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authors: Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, CNRS and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.|Fédération 3C, CNRS and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.|Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France.
authors: Francesca
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mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D000071037:Place Cells / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D065853:Spatial Learning / Q000502:physiology; D065854:Spatial Navigation / Q000502:physiology; D065855:Spatial Processing / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity