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Reverse replay of behavioural sequences in hippocampal place cells during the awake state

David J. Foster, Matthew A. Wilson

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Type
Peer-reviewed research
Publication
Nature 440, 680–683
Version used
Published online article, four-page PDF hosted in an MIT course archive
Source date
12 February 2006
Recorded in Atlas
22 October 2026
License
Publisher copyright; no open reuse license identified. Linked original, no figures reproduced.
DOI
10.1038/nature04587

Online publication: 12 February 2006. Journal issue: 30 March 2006. The linked PDF is numbered 1–4; journal pagination is 680–683. No separate validity period has been established for the finding.

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A memory can run backwards

PDF p. 1; Fig. 2 on p. 2; Figs. 3–4 and Methods on pp. 3–4.

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Supports this claim:Reverse replay appeared during awake pauses The comparison used place-cell sequences
PDF p. 2: discussion of temporal credit assignment

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