Modelling phase precession in the hippocampus

Angus Chadwick, Mark van Rossum, Matthew Nolan

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Abstract / Description of output

The activity of cells in the rodent hippocampus is strongly modulated by both the location of the animal and the ongoing theta oscillation. Place cells, but not interneurons, show a strong spatial modulation of their firing rates, while both place cells and interneurons exhibit phase precession, a phenomenon whereby they spike at a faster frequency than the LFP theta oscillation, causing their spikes to shift to an earlier phase of this rhythm on each successive cycle [1-3]. Despite extensive research into this phenomenon, the mechanisms underlying phase precession remain unclear.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberO18
Number of pages2
JournalBMC Neuroscience
Volume16
Issue numberSuppl 1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Dec 2015
Event24th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 18 Jul 201523 Jul 2015
Conference number: 24
https://www.cnsorg.org/past-annual-meetings

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Open Environment
  • Place Cell
  • Medial Septum
  • Place Field
  • Head Direction

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