HIPPOCAMPAL PLACE CELLS

rat navigation, place fields, theta sequences, phase precession, cognitive map
Place Cells (O'Keefe 1971):
Fire when rat is in specific
spatial location (place field).

Phase Precession:
As rat traverses a field,
spikes shift from late to early
theta phase (O'Keefe & Recce).

Current position:
x=, y=
Active cells: 0
Theta phase: 0°

Heat map = place field density.
Colored dots = cell centers.