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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2014

Time cells in the hippocampus: a new dimension for mapping memories.

Howard Eichenbaum

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05746299 (The Emergence of Abstract Structure Knowledge Across Learning and Sleep), which is not on this map. Cited by 330 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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330citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05746299 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

The Emergence of Abstract Structure Knowledge Across Learning and Sleep

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of PennsylvaniaRan2023 to 2024Enrolled194ConditionsMemory ConsolidationArmsCongruent vs. Incongruent, Immediate vs. Awake vs. Asleep, Targeted memory reactivation (TMR)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

330 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Response Flexibility: The Role of the Lateral Habenula.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022
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  4. Neural signatures of serial order access in verbal working memory.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2026
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  7. Temporal Indexing of Motor Memory.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  16. The Importance of Synchrony in the Neural Control of Movement.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  17. Hippocampal astrocytic sequences emerge during learning and memory.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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270 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Howard EichenbaumCenter for Memory and Brain, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.

Funding

Prefrontal and Medial-Temporal Interactions in MemoryP50MH094263 · NIMH · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI MILLER, EARL K · 2011 to 2015
$8.7M
Temporal Organization of Memory in the HippocampusR01MH095297 · NIMH · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI HOWARD, MARC W · 2011 to 2020
$4.1M
NIMH NIH HHS MH094263NIMH NIH HHS MH095297NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH094263NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH095297
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies have revealed the existence of hippocampal neurons that fire at successive moments in temporally structured experiences. Several studies have shown that such temporal coding is not attributable to external events, specific behaviours or spatial dimensions of an experience. Instead, these cells represent the flow of time in specific memories and have therefore been dubbed 'time cells'. The firing properties of time cells parallel those of hippocampal place cells; time cells thus provide an additional dimension that is integrated with spatial mapping. The robust representation of both time and space in the hippocampus suggests a fundamental mechanism for organizing the elements of experience into coherent memories.

Indexed as

Action PotentialsAnimalsBrain MappingHippocampusHumansMemoryModels, NeurologicalNeuronsTime Perception

Identifiers

PMID25269553
PMCPMC4348090

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