Place and grid cells

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Hippocampal CA1 place cells fire in specific locations; entorhinal-cortex grid cells form hexagonal firing lattices. Together implement an allocentric cognitive map (O'Keefe & Moser, 2014 Nobel). Framework for spatial memory and navigation.

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