LRIPs Extend Into Hippocampus (IMAGE)

The Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University

LRIPs Extend Into Hippocampus

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This is an image showing LRIP inhibitory neurons (in green) extending from the entorhinal cortex (lower right) into the hippocampus. LRIPs have been found to be part of a sophisticated mechanism that is critical to the formation of contextual memories.

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Jayeeta Basu

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