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Nature Neuroscience 10, 1241 - 1242 (2007)
Published online: 2 September 2007 | doi:10.1038/nn1961

Forward and reverse hippocampal place-cell sequences during ripples

Kamran Diba1 & György Buzsáki1

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We report that temporal spike sequences from hippocampal place neurons of rats on an elevated track recurred in reverse order at the end of a run, but in forward order in anticipation of the run, coinciding with sharp waves. Vector distances between the place fields were reflected in the temporal structure of these sequences. This bidirectional re-enactment of temporal sequences may contribute to the establishment of higher-order associations in episodic memory.

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  1. Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neurobiology, Rutgers University, 197 University Ave, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA.

Correspondence to: Kamran Diba1 e-mail: diba@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Correspondence to: György Buzsáki1 e-mail: buzsaki@axon.rutgers.edu



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