"We discovered that, when the rats were deliberating which path to take, a brain structure called the hippocampus produced a pattern of neuronal activity that represented potential routes through the maze," as quoted by Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, Associate Professor and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences from neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University in Medical Xpress. Read the story in the Medical Xpress.
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A precise neuronal mechanism allows the brain to plan future routes to remembered goals
