Recoding a cocaine-place memory engram to a neutral engram in the hippocampus
The hippocampus provides the brain's memory system with a subset of neurons holding a map-like representation of each environment experienced. We found in mice that optogenetic silencing those neurons active in an environment unmasked a subset of quiet neurons, enabling the emergence of an alte...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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