Topic: dendritic layers

Place Cells (PCs), are neurons that exhibit localized firing when an animal enters specific areas within an environment. Despite extensive experimental study revealing their link to cognitive functions, the precise cellular mechanisms underlying the transformation of a hippocampal neuron into a Place Cell remain incompletely understood. In our research, we employed a detailed computational model of a CA1 pyramidal neuron, considering both its morphology and biophysics. We aimed to elucidate how, and under what circumstances, such a neuron could encode a specific location based on the self-orga