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. 2014 Jul 7;24(13):R620-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.016.

Brain rhythms: towards a coherent picture of ensemble development in learning

L M Rangel  1 , H Eichenbaum  2
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Brain rhythms: towards a coherent picture of ensemble development in learning

L M Rangel et al. Curr Biol. .

Abstract

A recent study suggests that coherence of 20-40 Hz brain oscillations in the hippocampus and upstream lateral entorhinal cortex may support encoding of task-relevant information during associative learning. Coordination of local hippocampal circuits in this frequency range could be important for encoding new information.

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Figure 1. Anatomical connections between entorhinal cortex and the hippocampus
A diagram of inputs from the MEC (blue) and LEC (green) projections to the dentate gyrus (DG), CA3, and CA1 subregions. Note that inputs from MEC and LEC converge onto the same neurons in DG and CA3, but are separately projected onto different neurons in the distal part of CA1 (dCA1) and the proximal part of CA1 (pCA1).
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