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Thus, our laboratory has used</B><B> stereotrodes and tetrodes to record the activity of brain cells/circuits in behavin</B><B>g mice. For example, we have studied the properties of hippocampal cells that fire in specific places in the animal's environment (place cells). The study of several different mutants have shown that the loss of long lasting synaptic changes do not disrupt the formation of place fields, but interfere with their stability. We are also using single unit recordings to study the firing properties of neurons in learning brains. </B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="790"><bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="approaches64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Molecular Genetics">Molecular Genetics</A>   ·   <A HREF="approaches69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PRISM">PRISM</A>   ·   <A HREF="electrophysiology.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Electrophysiology">Electrophysiology</A>   ·   <A HREF="approaches67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Neuroanatomy">Neuroanatomy</A>   ·   <A HREF="approaches339.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="in vivo Imaging">in vivo Imaging</A>   ·   <A HREF="behavior.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Behavioral Analyses">Behavioral Analyses</A>   ·   <A HREF="mice_to_men.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bridging Mice and Men">Bridging Mice and Men</A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>