place cell

Summary

place cell is a cell type^[1]. It draws 82 Wikipedia views per month (cell_type category, ranking #78 of 335).^[2]

Key Facts

• place cell is credited with the discovery of John O'Keefe^[3].
• place cell's instance of is recorded as cell type^[4].
• place cell's part of is recorded as neuron^[5].
• place cell's Commons category is recorded as Place cells^[6].
• place cell's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D000071037^[7].
• place cell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/041k1p^[8].
• place cell's MeSH tree code is recorded as A08.675.790.500^[9].
• place cell's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.671.790.500^[10].
• place cell's described by source is recorded as Brain Science Dictionary^[11].
• place cell's described by source is recorded as Précis of O'Keefe & Nadel's The hippocampus as a cognitive map^[12].
• place cell's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/place-cell^[13].
• place cell's UMLS CUI is recorded as C4277646^[14].
• place cell's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781369091^[15].
• place cell's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2781369091^[16].
• place cell's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 57825^[17].

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Works and Contributions

place cell is credited with the discovery of John O'Keefe^[3].

Why It Matters

place cell draws 82 Wikipedia views per month (cell_type category, ranking #78 of 335).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]