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Noun
Plural for a type of pyramidal neuron within the hippocampus that becomes active when an animal enters a particular place in its environment (known as the place field)
“Alone this shows a link between the hippocampus and spatial memory, but with the knowledge of place cells this result helps explain what the neurons may be doing.”
