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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Wirtshafter HS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7274787 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20200526
The lateral septum (LS), which is innervated by the hippocampus, is known to represent spatial information. However, the details of place representation in the LS, and whether this place information is combined with reward signaling, remains unknown. We simultaneously recorded from rat CA1 and caudodorsal lateral septum in rat during a rewarded navigation task and compared spatial firing in the two areas. While LS place cells are less numerous than in hippocampus, they are similar to the hippoca ...[more]