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SUBMITTER: Wu CT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5373994 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Chun-Ting CT Haggerty Daniel D Kemere Caleb C Ji Daoyun D
Nature neuroscience 20170220 4
Hippocampal place cells are key to episodic memories. How these cells participate in memory retrieval remains unclear. After rats acquired a fear memory by receiving mild footshocks in a shock zone on a track, we analyzed place cells when the animals were placed on the track again and displayed an apparent memory retrieval behavior: avoidance of the shock zone. We found that place cells representing the shock zone were reactivated, despite the fact that the animals did not enter the shock zone. ...[more]