A stained microscopic section hints at the variety of cells in the hippocampus of the brain. (quantamagazine.org)
Chen and his team began by studying how reactive glial cells respond to a specific protein, NeuroD1, which is known to be important in the formation of nerve cells in the hippocampus area of adult brains. (sciencedaily.com)
In the 1970s, O'Keefe had discovered neurons called place cells in the hippocampi of rats. (scientificamerican.com)