O'Keefe and his student Dostrovsky in 1971 discovered neurons in the rat hippocampus that appeared to them to show activity related to the rat's location within its environment.
O’Keefe ja tema õpilane Dostrovsky avastasid 1971. aastal roti hipokampusest neuronid, mis aktiveerusid seoses roti asukohast tema keskkonnas.