Cited by 1,339Memory and Neural MechanismsSpatial Cognition and NavigationNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Spatial representation in the entorhinal cortex

Fyhn, Marianne, Molden, Sturla, Witter, Menno P., Moser, Edvard I., Moser, May-Britt·2004·Science

Abstract

As the interface between hippocampus and neocortex, the entorhinal cortex is likely to play a pivotal role in memory. To determine how information is represented in this area, we measured spatial modulation of neural activity in layers of medial entorhinal cortex projecting to the hippocampus. Close to the postrhinal-entorhinal border, entorhinal neurons had stable and discrete multipeaked place fields, predicting the rat's location as accurately as place cells in the hippocampus. Precise positional modulation was not observed more ventromedially in the entorhinal cortex or upstream in the postrhinal cortex, suggesting that sensory input is transformed into durable allocentric spatial representations internally in the dorsocaudal medial entorhinal cortex.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1126/science.1099901

Cites

33 of 33 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

This paper’s full text isn’t openly available, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Fyhn, M., Molden, S., Witter, M. P., Moser, E. I., & Moser, M.-B.
Affiliations
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
Corresponding author
Moser, Edvard I.
Venue
Science
Published
2004-08-27
Volume
305
Issue
5688
Pages
1258-1264
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2120127728
Cited by
1,339
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 36 · 2025: 74 · 2024: 77 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 76 · 2021: 85 · 2020: 74 · 2019: 59 · 2018: 61 · 2017: 73 · 2016: 66 · 2015: 71 · 2014: 76 · 2013: 76 · 2012: 58
FWCI
20.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Spatial Cognition and Navigation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Keywords
entorhinal cortex, place fields, spatial representation, hippocampus, postrhinal cortex, memory
MeSH terms
Action Potentials, Animals, Brain Mapping, Electrodes, Implanted, Hippocampus, Male, Memory, Nerve Net, Neurons, Space Perception, Entorhinal Cortex, Rats, Long-Evans, Rats

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review