Characterization of hippocampal dentate gyrus place cells.

• Main Author: Chua, Samantha Xinyu.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52331
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The hippocampus plays an essential role in learning and memory. The discovery of place cells in the hippocampus by O’Keefe in 1971 demonstrated that the hippocampus plays a crucial role in spatial navigation. These place cells are found in the three major sub-regions of the hippocampus: Den...