During sleep and quiet waking, hippocampal place cell sequences are replayed at ~20x speed via sharp-wave ripples (SWR, 80-120 Hz). This reactivation drives synaptic consolidation to neocortex.
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Top: maze with place fields · Middle: spike raster · Bottom: LFP with ripple oscillation