2024
Experience of Euclidean geometry sculpts the development and dynamics of rodent hippocampal sequential cell assemblies
Farooq U, Dragoi G. Experience of Euclidean geometry sculpts the development and dynamics of rodent hippocampal sequential cell assemblies. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 8417. PMID: 39341810, PMCID: PMC11438871, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52758-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImpaired pattern separationHippocampal neuronal ensemblesEarly-life experiencesPattern separationMale rats
2019
Emergence of preconfigured and plastic time-compressed sequences in early postnatal development
Farooq U, Dragoi G. Emergence of preconfigured and plastic time-compressed sequences in early postnatal development. Science 2019, 363: 168-173. PMID: 30630930, PMCID: PMC6794005, DOI: 10.1126/science.aav0502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCritical cognitive functionsEpisodic memory formationHippocampal neuronal ensemblesMemory episodesCognitive functionMemory formationPostnatal week 4Postnatal week 3Neuronal ensemblesEarly postnatal developmentElectrophysiological activityNaïve ratsWeek 4Hippocampal neuronsPostnatal developmentWeek 3Eye openingFirst dayEncodingSequential patternsLinear environmentSleepReplay