Space coding: a Nobel prize diary

Médecine sciences : M/S
Laure Rondi-Reig

Abstract

The Nobel Prize in Medecine or Physiology for 2014 has been awarded to three neuroscientists: John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser for "their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain". This rewards innovative ideas which led to the development of intracerebral recording techniques in freely moving animals, thus providing links between behavior and physiology. This prize highlights how neural activity sustains our ability to localize ourselves and move around in the environment. This research provides key insights on how the brain drives behavior.

References

Apr 1, 1976·Experimental Neurology·J O'Keefe
Apr 1, 1969·Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology·C H Vanderwolf
Apr 1, 1996·Current Opinion in Neurobiology·R U MullerJ S Taube
Sep 12, 2003·Nature·Arne D EkstromItzhak Fried
Aug 31, 2004·Science·Marianne FyhnMay-Britt Moser
Jun 21, 2005·Nature·Torkel HaftingEdvard I Moser
Feb 27, 2007·Nature·Marianne FyhnEdvard I Moser
Jul 1, 1948·Psychological Review·E C TOLMAN
Dec 20, 2008·Science·Trygve SolstadEdvard I Moser
Jan 22, 2010·Nature·Christian F DoellerNeil Burgess
Jun 19, 2010·Science·Tom J WillsJohn O'Keefe
Jun 19, 2010·Science·Rosamund F LangstonMay-Britt Moser
Aug 27, 2011·Neuron·Christopher J MacDonaldHoward Eichenbaum
Oct 25, 2011·Science·Christelle RochefortLaure Rondi-Reig
Dec 21, 2012·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Guifen ChenJohn O'Keefe
Jan 22, 2013·Nature Neuroscience·Tora BonnevieMay-Britt Moser
May 4, 2013·Science·Pascal RavassardMayank R Mehta
May 28, 2013·Neuron·Benjamin J KrausMichael E Hasselmo
Aug 6, 2013·Nature Neuroscience·Joshua JacobsMichael J Kahana
Mar 13, 2014·Neuron·Tale L BjerknesMay-Britt Moser
Nov 20, 2014·Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience·Laure Rondi-ReigChristine Tobin

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Citations

Apr 4, 2017·Médecine sciences : M/S·Stéphanie Trouche, David Dupret
Feb 1, 2018·Médecine sciences : M/S·Sylvia Wirth, Pierre Baraduc

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