Neuroverse · Episode

The hippocampus exhibits a CA3-to-CA1 coding transformation that combines fast learning with an efficient, compressed neural code.

Podcast Episode · The Quanta Podcast · 02/17/2026 · 24m

Researchers documented the activity of neurons that shape directional navigation as bats explored a remote island off the coast of Tanzania.

With an eye toward realism, the neuroscientist, who has a new study about bats out today, creates microcosms of the natural world to understand animal behavior.

YouTube video by Weizmann Institute of Science

Animals and humans rely on their navigation skills to survive. However, spatial neurons in the brain’s “navigation circuit” had not previously been studied under real-world conditions. We conducted an...

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Hippocampal replays in bats flying in a 200-m tunnel depict short fragments of long flight trajectories, suggesting constraints on the mechanisms and functions of replay.

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