Spatial representation: How fish know their place

Mammalian place cells are active at one or a few specific locations in the environment. First described in the rodent hippocampus, and subsequently across the mammalian evolutionary tree, place cells have now been discovered in the larval zebrafish telencephalon. Mammalian place cells are active at one or few specific locations in the environment. First described in the rodent hippocampus, and subsequently across the mammalian evolutionary tree, place cells have now been discovered in the larval zebrafish telencephalon.