50a. Boundary cells fire at the edges of an area that an animal is currently loc

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50a. Boundary cells fire at the edges of an area that an animal is currently located within, such as a wall, and are found in the __________

a. only the CA1 region of hippocampus

b. hippocampus

c. entorhinal cortex

d. parrahippocampal place area

50b. The entorhinal cortex of rodents have two main areas, the medial and lateral entorhinal cortex: One (medial) has neurons that code spatial information with respect to the animal's position, and the other region (lateral) has neurons that code ______ in the environment.

a. danger

b. food

c. levels of light

d. objects

e. none of the above

Explanation / Answer

50a. a) only the CA1 region of hippocampus

The CA1 pyramidal cells are the cells that carry the hippocampal firing to subicular cells.

50.b. d) objects

Lateral entorhinal cortex provides non spatial inputs like relative location of objects.

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