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Neurons known as place cells encode spatial information that is needed to guide an animal's movement. Nearly 40 years after these cells were discovered, neuroscience gets a look at their internal dynamics.

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1. Douglas Nitz is in the Department of Cognitive Science, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. dnitz@ucsd.edu,
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• Published: 14 October 2009
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