Time finds its place in the hippocampus

David C Rowland; May-Britt Moser

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2013.05.039

Time finds its place in the hippocampus

Neuron. 2013 Jun 19;78(6):953-4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.05.039.

Authors

David C Rowland¹, May-Britt Moser

Affiliation

¹ Kavli Institute and the Centre for Neural Computation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7489 Trondheim, Norway.

PMID: 23791190
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.05.039

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Kraus et al. (2013) show that a population of "time cells" in the hippocampus responds to the passage of time rather than simply reflecting path integration. This study advances our understanding of how time is represented in the hippocampus.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Hippocampus / cytology*
Hippocampus / physiology*
Male
Maze Learning / physiology*
Motor Activity / physiology*
Space Perception / physiology*