 Place cell: Encyclopedia II - Place cell - Place fields Place cells show increased frequency of firing (up to 100Hz at times, for CA1 cells) when an animal is in a specific area, which is referred to as the cell's place field. On initial exposure to a new environment, place fields become established rather quickly. The place fields of cells located close to each other in the brain will tend to be evenly distributed over the environment and tend to be stable over repeated exposures to the same environment. In a different environment, however, a cell may have a completely different place field or no place field at all. In any particular environment, roughly 40-50% of ...
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