Episode 313 - Daniel Dombeck, PhD

On September 25, 2025 we met with Daniel Dombeck to talk about cognitive maps and place coding by neurons in the hippocampus. Conversation topics included the spatial organization of cells with a map, mappings based on visual versus olfactory cues, changes in spatial scale with the size of the environment, and remapping of the place cells with changes in context. Guest:Daniel Dombeck, Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern UniversityParticipating:Francesco Savelli, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSAStephen Jones, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSAHost:Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSAThanks to James Tepper for original music