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ArticleNature communications2024

Integration of rate and phase codes by hippocampal cell-assemblies supports flexible encoding of spatiotemporal context.

Eleonora Russo, Nadine Becker, Aleks P F Domanski, Timothy Howe, Kipp Freud, Daniel Durstewitz, Matthew W Jones

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. dCA1 cells encode and update contextual place preference.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Eleonora RussoThe BioRobotics Institute, Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 56025, Pisa, Italy. eleonora.russo@santannapisa.it.ORCID 0000-0002-6215-6305
Nadine BeckerSchool of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
Aleks P F DomanskiSchool of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
Timothy HoweSchool of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
Kipp FreudSchool of Computer Science, Merchant Venturers Building, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UB, UK.
Daniel Durstewitz *Dept. of Theoretical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68159, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9340-3786
Matthew W Jones *School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK. matt.jones@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-5396-3108

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) CRC-1134Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) Du 354/10-1RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/G006687/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 202810/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatial information is encoded by location-dependent hippocampal place cell firing rates and sub-second, rhythmic entrainment of spike times. These rate and temporal codes have primarily been characterized in low-dimensional environments under limited cognitive demands; but how is coding configured in complex environments when individual place cells signal several locations, individual locations contribute to multiple routes and functional demands vary? Quantifying CA1 population dynamics of male rats during a decision-making task, here we show that the phase of individual place cells' spikes relative to the local theta rhythm shifts to differentiate activity in different place fields. Theta phase coding also disambiguates repeated visits to the same location during different routes, particularly preceding spatial decisions. Using unsupervised detection of cell assemblies alongside theoretical simulation, we show that integrating rate and phase coding mechanisms dynamically recruits units to different assemblies, generating spiking sequences that disambiguate episodes of experience and multiplexing spatial information with cognitive context.

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Action PotentialsCA1 Region, HippocampalPlace CellsTheta RhythmAnimalsDecision MakingHippocampusMaleModels, NeurologicalRatsRats, Long-Evans

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PMID39438461
PMCPMC11496817

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